250 Comilla Jamaat men sued

Police have filed a case against 250 leaders and activists of Jamaat and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, in connection with Wednesday's hartal violence in Laksham upazila of Comilla.

Jamaat enforced the 48-hour countrywide hartal (shutdown) from 6:00am Wednesday to protest the Supreme Court verdict on its leader Abdul Quader Mollah.

The SC on Tuesday sentenced Jamaat assistant secretary general Mollah to death, overruling the judgment of International Crimes Tribunal-2 that had given him life term for war crimes committed during country's Liberation War in 1971.

Laksam police filed the case Thursday morning mentioning names of 24 including the upazila ameer and secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami, said Abul Khair, officer-in-charge of Laksam Police Station.

The charges include attacking police and vandalising vehicles in Laksham upazila during the first day of the Jamaat-enforced hartal, reports our correspondent in Comilla.

The hartal supporters resorted to the violence after bringing out a procession at Poranpur in the upazila around 7:00am Wednesday.

They also hurled two crude bombs and brick chips at a police van, the OC said.

Moreover, the hartal-supporters also vandalised two trucks and seven covered vans during their demonstration there.