10 Tangail AL men sent to jail in vandalism cases

A court here yesterday sent 10 ruling party men to jail in four vandalism cases.

They include Abu Sayed Rubel, Abid Hossain, Rubel Miah, Rana Miah, Sohel Miah, Razib Ahmed, Mridul Miah, Babor Ali and Monju Miah.

The Judicial Magistrate passed the order when they were produced before his court, said Mohammad Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Ghatail Police Station.

In the last three days, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in separate drives arrested the 10 in the cases.

On Wednesday, police submitted a charge sheet against 14 people, including Tangail-3 ( Ghatail) lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana and his three brothers in district Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed murder case.

The filing of charges led to tension between the supporters of the lawmaker and his rival Shahidul Islam Lebu, convenor of Ghatail upazila unit of AL, on the same night.

When the lawmaker Rana's supporters vandalised billboards of two local AL leaders in Ghatail Bus Stand area, the men of Lebu attacked the house of Rana's supporter Shahidul Islam, chairman of Jamuria Union Parishad, and vandalised it.

The following day, supporters of Lebu filed three cases with the police station against 17 AL men, including the UP chairman.

Chairman Shahidul on Friday filed a case with the same police station against 22 people, including Shahiduzzaman Khan, joint convener of the upazila unit of AL, on charge of vandalising his house. 

Protesting the attack on the house of a local union chairman, supporters on Friday noon blocked the busy Tangail-Mymensingh road blocked for one and a half hours in Ghatail upazila of Tangail, disrupting movement of vehicles.