Khaleda among 14 accused
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 13 others of her party men have been sued for a crude bomb attack on a procession led by Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Monday.
At least eight people were injured in the attack on the procession at Gulshan-2 in the capital.
Ismail Hossain Bachchu, general secretary of Dhaka District Transport Workers' Union, on Monday night filed the case with Gulshan Police Station, accusing Khaleda and others of instigating the attack, said police.
The other accused include BNP Vice-chairmen Selima Rahman and Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Mohila Dal General Secretary Shirin Sultana, the party chief's Special Assistant Shimul Biswas, Khaleda's Press Secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel, BNP Joint Secretary General Salauddin Ahmed, and BNP chairperson's adviser and Bar Council Vice-chairman Khandaker Mahbub Hossain.
In the case statement, Ismail, also chairman of Alkara Union Parishad in Comilla's Chouddagram, said the accused along with leaders of 20-party alliance instigated some unknown criminals to carry out the attack.
The criminals threw several cocktails at the procession to kill people after it reached near Gulshan-2 intersection, the statement added.
The processionists were marching towards Khaleda's Gulshan office to lay siege to it on Monday noon, protesting the ongoing blockade and hartals enforced by the BNP-led combine. Khaleda has been staying at the office since January 3.
On January 25, Chouddagram police of Comilla filed a case against the BNP chief and 31 other BNP-Jamaat leaders for torching a covered van in Chouddagram. Khaleda was named as the mastermind in the case.
On January 24, Jatrabari police in Dhaka lodged another case against 68 BNP-Jamaat leaders for the Jatrabari arson attack, which left 28 people burnt.
Though the BNP chief was not accused in the case, the first information report filed with Jatrabari Police Station mentioned that the accused carried out the attack on instructions by Khaleda to enforce a nationwide indefinite blockade from January 6.
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