AL, BCL men besiege PS for removal of SI

Leaders and activists of AL and BCL on Wednesday besieged Gobindaganj police station in Gaibandha after a local AL leader was 'insulted' by an SI of the PS.Photo: STAR

Local activists of Awami League and Chhatra League in Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday besieged Gobindaganj police station, demanding removal of a sub-inspector for his alleged rude behavior with a leader of upazila AL.
They also staged a sit-in in front of the police station to realise the demand.
Police and locals said on secret information, a team of police raided Cheragari village in the upazila on January 18 and arrested 30 Jamaat activists, including its district ameer, while they were holding a secret meeting there. They also seized eight motorbikes from the spot.
Awami League leader Abul Kalam Azad, chairman of the upazila parishad, came to the PS on Wednesday afternoon and 'asked' the officer in-charge Shiekh Delwer Hossain to release one of the seized motorbikes of one Abdur Razzak of Shakhaher union, said eyewitnesses.
As the SI Abdun Noor of the PS refused to do this, the UP chairman locked in an altercation with him.
As the news spread, the agitating activists of AL and its student wing BCL laid a siege to the police station and demanded removal of the SI.
They however withdrew the protest programme following an assurance by police superintendent AKM Nahidul Islam of taking steps to close the accused SI, said OC Delwar Hossain.