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Hefajat’s 2013 Mayhem: Took 8yrs to find evidence as it was ‘big incident’
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Detectives took around eight years just to analyse footage and collect evidence of the mayhem Hefajat carried in 2013 as it was a big incident , said AKM Hafiz Akter, additional commissioner of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
He said this while responding to a reporter s query at the media centre in the capital s Minto Road yesterday.
The accused in the cases related to the incident are now being arrested in the wake of the investigation, but it may take some more days to complete the probe, said Hafiz, also the chief of DMP DB.
Hefajat delegation meets with home minister over crackdown on top leaders
Nurul Islam Jihadi (C), secretary general of Hefajat-e-Islam convening committee arrives in front of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan s residence in the capital on May 5. Photo: Collected
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A delegation of Hefajat-e Islam held a meeting with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal at his residence in the capital to negotiate the ongoing crackdown on its top leaders following the recent violent activities of the Qawmi-madrasa based organisation.
Led by Nurul Islam Jihadi, secretary general of the convening committee of Hefajat, the 10-member delegation of the organisation entered the Home Minister s residence around 9:30pm tonight. The meeting lasted for more than two hours and ended around 12:00am.
The Daily Star has obtained a copy of Hefajat s 4-point demand.
Apart from release of arrested leaders and religious-minded people, the Hefajat leaders also demanded an end to what they termed as the ongoing harassment of religious-minded people across the country.
They also demanded withdrawal of cases filed in connection with Hefajat s mayhem in Dhaka s Shapla Chattar in 2013 as per an earlier discussion.
The other demand is the immediate reopening of Qawmi madrasas.
After the meeting, Nurul Islam Jihadi told reporters that the home minister had told them that their demands would be considered.
Under pressure due to the ongoing crackdown on its top leaders, the Hefajat leaders called on the home minister in a bid to come to a consensus over the arrest of its leaders and to free them from jails, sources said.
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Nurul Islam Jihadi, secretary general of Hefajat-e-Islam convening committee, talks to media after a meeting with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan at the latter s residence in the capital on May 5. Photo: Collected Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Hefajat-e-Islam last night demanded release of Ulema and religious-minded general people who were arrested over violence by the Islamist organisation in March during demonstrations protesting Indian Prime Minister Narandra Modi s visit to Bangladesh.
A 10-member Hefajat delegation, led by Secretary General of its convening committee Nurul Islam Jihadi, put four-point demand to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan during a meeting with him at his city residence.