IFJ 10 March 2021
Bangladesh: Youth league member arrested for role in journalist’s murder
The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested a member of the youth wing of the country’s ruling Awami League on March 7 in connection with the murder of journalist Borhan Uddin Muzakkir during clashes in Noakhali in South Eastern Bangladesh in February 2021. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands justice and a full and impartial investigation. Journalist Borhan Uddin Muzakkir. Credit : The Daily Star
Belal Hossain (30) was arrested by the PBI from Basurhat Bazar, ward 1 of Charfakira union parishad of the Companiganj Upazila (Sub District) in Noakhali District at around 1pm on March 7.
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Two hundred and forty eight people have been sued over Tuesday's violence in Noakhali's Companiganj that left a man killed and 30 others injured. Zakir Hossain, a sub-inspector of Companiganj Police Station, filed the case yesterday noon, accusing 98 named and 150 unnamed persons. Jashim Uddin, of Barorampur area of Basurhat municipality in the upazila, has been made the prime
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Published: 11 Mar 2021 12:41 AM BdST
Updated: 11 Mar 2021 12:41 AM BdST
Obaidul Quader, general secretary of the Awami League, has threatened to take “stern action” against those behind the killings in clashes between rival factions of the ruling party in Noakhali’s Companyganj. );
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“No one will be spared (for their involvement in this incident),” the road transport and bridges minister and MP from Noakhali-5 seat said at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Clashes erupted between the supporters of Abdul Quader Mirza, mayor of Basurhat municipality, and the followers of former Upazila chairman Mizanur Rahman Badal at Rupali Chattar of Basurhat municipality in Companyganj on Tuesday.
AL factional clash leaves 50, including OC, injured in Noakhali
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At least 50 people, including Companiganj Police Station officer-in-charge and five other policemen, were injured in a clash between groups of Awami League in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali today.
The clash took place allegedly between the supporters of Noakhali s Basurhat municipality mayor Abdul Quader Mirza and Companiganj upazila unit Awami league organising secretary Mizanur Rahman Badal at Basurhat Bazar around 6pm, reports our Noakhali correspondent.
During the clash, both groups threw brick chips at each other, exploded crude bombs and fired blank shots, leaving 50 people injured, witnesses said.