Hefajat’s mayhem: Jubo Dal activist among 11 arrested in Brahmanbaria
Jubo Dal activist Hasmat Khandaker. Photo: Collected
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Police have arrested 11 more people, including a Jubo Dal activist, in the cases filed over vandalism and arson during a demonstration by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Brahmanbaria on March 26 and 28 centring the visit of Indian PM Narendra Modi, said in a press release sent from the Special Branch of the district police.
Among them, Hasmat Khandaker (49) of Ghatura village in Sadar upazila, Jubo Dal organising secretary of Brahmanbaria district unit, is the prime accused of a case filed in connection with the attack on Brahmanbaria Police Lines during Hefajat-enforced hartal on March 28.
21 policemen injured in Brahmanbaria road accident
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Twenty-one policemen and two drivers were injured when a bus collided with two pick-up vans in Brahmanbaria this morning.
The injured policemen include two inspectors – Md Mokbul Hossain and Md Belayet Hossain, Assistant Sub-Inspector Johirul Islam and 18 constables.
The accident took place around 8:00am on Cumilla-Sylhet highway at West Medda Markazpara in the town when a bus coming from Dhaka collided with the pick-up vans, Additional Superintendent of Police Md Roish Uddin told our local correspondent.
All the injured policemen who were on the pick-up vans were going to Brahmanbaria from Kishoreganj. They were deployed to carry out special duties to maintain law and order situation after Hefajat-e Islam mayhem in Brahmanbaria for three days from March 26 to 28.