Sholakia attack: 5 suspects sent to jail
A Kishoreganj court today rejected bail petitions of five suspects arrested in connection with Sholakia Eidgah attack on the Eid day (July 7).
The court of Chief judicial Magistrate Abdus Salam Khan also sent the suspects to jail, our Mymensingh correspondent reports quoting court sources this morning.
The order came after the suspects were produced before the court.
They were arrested from different areas of Kishoreganj town after the Sholakia attack on Eid day and police are interrogating them, said Md Aminul Islam, a sub-inspector of the local police station.
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The suspects are: Mamunur Rashid alias Mamun, 28, son of Mosharraf Hossain of Taika area in Karimganj upazila, Md Sohel Miah, 20, son of Md Shamsuddin of Sultanpur area in Bajitpur upazila, Ariful Islam Hashib, 32, son of late Shahbubul Islam of Paschim Tarapasha and Mohammad Asanullah, 23, son of Abdul Hye of Boila Tarapasha in sadar upazila of Kishoreganj while Md Tara Miah, 58, son of Char Begsabad Kulakuli of Roypura upazila of Narsingdi district.
On July 7, two police constables were killed while a dozen others including six cops were injured as the gang, comprised of seven to eight and armed with explosives, machetes and firearms, battled with law enforcers for more than an hour.
A woman and a suspected attacker also died during the fight which ensued when the attackers tried to cross the police checkpoint near the school in an attempt to reach the Eidgah.
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