17 pro-AL men sued

Twenty-three people, including 17 pro-Awami League men were sued over the murder of a local BNP leader in Mathbaria upazila of the district yesterday.

Habibur Rahman Talukder, a leader of Dhanisafa union unit of BNP, was found dead near the toilet of Tushkhali High School on Monday night.

Police arrested Masum Talukder, one named accused.

Locals said Habibur had a conflict with UP chairman and Awami League (AL) leader Harun Ur Rashid Talukder and his relative UP member Idris Talukder, also a local ruling party leader.

Habibur was picked up by the cohorts of Harun and Idris from near Tushkhali Bazar on Sunday after an altercation between the sons of the victim and Idris in the morning.

The victim's family members alleged that Mathbaria police refused to register a general diary (GD) with the police station on that day when they wanted to file the suit.

Refuting the allegation, Officer-in-Charge KM Tariqul Islam said Habibur's wife Maleka Begum filed a GD on Monday and police accepted it.

Habibur's son Md Hafizur Rahman filed the case against 17 pro-Awami League men including Harun and Idris Talukder and six unnamed people.