Over 600 people sued
A case was filed against 31 named and 600 unnamed people Saturday night in connection with Friday's violent clash between transport workers and police over toll hike on First Bangladesh-China Friendship (Buriganga-1) Bridge, that left one person dead and scores hurt.
Sub-inspector of South Keraniganj Police Station Ashraful Alam Talukder filed the case on charges of assault, Officer-in-Charge of the police station, Mohammad Shahjaman, told The Daily Star.
Names of some people who were injured in the incident are also mentioned in the case, the OC said.
However, no one was arrested till filling this report around 8:00pm yesterday.
Earlier on Friday, Sohel Hawlader, 25, helper of a truck driver, was killed after police opened fire during a clash with transport workers and locals. Over 100 others were injured during the clash, including 25 policemen.
Mosharraf Sarder, father-in-law of Sohel, said they are still in Barishal to complete Sohel's burial. “We will hopefully reach Dhaka today and will file a case,” he said.
Since the incident, toll collection on the bridge has remained suspended.
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