Ex-MP Zahiruddin Swapan, 109 other BNP men sued
A case was filed with the Judicial Magistrate's Court, Barisal, yesterday against 110 BNP men, including former lawmaker Zahiruddin Swapan, for attacking Hasina's motorcade at Gournadi in 2004.
Golam Hafiz Mridha, joint convener of Gournadi upazila Jubo League, lodged the case in the afternoon.
Accepting the case, Magistrate Md Ali Ahsan ordered the officer- in- charge (OC) of Gournadi Police Station to investigate the case and submit a report to the court by august 19.
The other accused include Sarwar Alam Biplob, BNP Gournadi upazila unit secretary, Mukul Khan, municipal unit president, Hannan Sharif, municipal unit secretary, Badiuzzaman Mintu, president of upazila Jubo Dal and Zakir Hossain Raja, former VP of Gournadi College Students Union.
Nurul Islam, officer- in- charge of Gournadi Police Station, told The Daily Star that he would take legal steps after receiving the court order.
When contacted, Golam Hafiz Mridha said he filed the case after five years as the then officer- in- charge of Gournadi Police Station refused to accept any case against the BNP leaders and cadres in connection with the attack.
Former BNP lawmaker Zahiruddin Swapan, one of the accused in the case, told this correspondent that he was not in the area during the incident.
Jubo League President and State Minister for LGRD Jahangir Kabir Nanak, AL lawmaker for Barisal-1 Advocate Talukdar Md Yunus, Swechchasebok League President Bahauddin Nasim, former BCL president Liakat Shikdar, and some local AL leaders have been made witnesses of the case.
The complainant alleged that the motorcade of then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina came under attack by the BNP men near Gournadi bus stand on April, 2, 2004 while she was on tour of five districts under Barisal Division.
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