B’baria Mayhem: Offer apology or else face sedition cases

Brahmanbaria unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday said they would file sedition cases against Hefajat-e-Islam leaders if the latter did not offer an apology for "spreading lies" about the recent mayhem in the district.

They came up with the statement during a press conference at Brahmanbaria Press Club.

Hefajat's Nayeb-e Ameer and Brahmanbaria District unit president Sajedur Rahman, in a recent visit to Brahmanbaria Press Club, claimed none of their members was involved in the vandalism incident.

Protesting the claim, Brahmanbaria district BCL General Secretary Shahadat Hossain Shovon, at the press conference, said such a claim is "nothing but a mere lie".

He alleged Hefazat leaders have been trying to create confusion among devout people by telling lies from the start of the incident.

Photographs and footage of the mayhem between March 26 and March 28 were published in media, he said.

Blaming Hefajat for the mayhem, the district unit of BCL President Robiul Hossain Rubel demanded a judicial probe into the incident.

He also demanded immediate arrest and trial of the perpetrators involved in the mayhem.