Two more arrested, main accused still at large
Police arrested two more accused in a case for attacking Hindu people in Paulpara area under Aria union of Shajahanpur upazila yesterday.
The arrestees are Tajul Islam, 40, son of Delbor Hossain, elder brother of main accused Morshed Alam, and Emdadul Haque, 52, informer and father-in-law of Morshed of Rahimabad Dakkhinpara in the union.
Police said the arrestees had been collecting information of Hindus in the area by sending informers and threatening the victims to withdraw the case filed against "listed" narcotic trader Morshed, his accomplice Hanjela and four to five other unidentified cohorts.
On the night of April 29, a gang of extortionists, allegedly led by Morshed, equipped with lethal weapons attacked the paul community people, broke their earthenware and other things and tortured them physically.
The following day, the villagers blocked Bogra-Dhaka highway with a protest procession and sent memorandum to the deputy commissioner and the upazila nirbahi office concerned, demanding arrest of the criminals.
On May 2, they lodged a case with Shajahanpur Police Station accusing Morshed, his aide Hanjala and four or five other unidentified people.
Police are raiding different areas to arrest the prime accused and his cohorts, said Abdul Mannan, officer-in-charge of the PS.
“Earlier, we arrested a CNG-run three-wheeler driver named Azizul Islam, 37, as he often carried Morshed to different places and is likely to give information about the accused. We have also held another suspect in this connection,” said the OC.
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