The attackers assaulted Khizir, leaving him seriously injured. They also tore his clothes, alleged Parveen.
The case was filed against 97 named accused, including Mirza, and some 56 to 60 unnamed accused, said plaintiff s lawyer Harunur Rashid Hawlader.
The other case was filed against Khizir and his followers.
Iqbal Hossain Swapan, a member of Companiganj upazila unit Sramik League and also a supporter of Mirza, lodged the case accusing 196 named persons, including Khizir, and some 50 to 60 unnamed ones.
In the case statement, Swapan alleged that a group of people, led by Khizir and the upazila unit AL Organizing Secretary Mizanur Rahman Badal, attacked Mirza and his supporters while they were in a meeting at Basurhat city unit AL office at Rupali Chattar on March 8 afternoon.
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.
Companiganj upazila AL president was assaulted allegedly by people led by ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader's younger brother Abdul Quader Mirza yesterday. Victim Khizir Hayat Khan, who is a freedom fighter, 75, was undergoing treatment at the local upazila health complex. Khizir claimed that Quader Mirza became angry as he had been opposing his recent
Noakhali Correspondent,
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Published: 22 Feb 2021 02:50 AM BdST
Updated: 22 Feb 2021 02:50 AM BdST
The local administration has imposed a ban on gatherings at Basurhat municipality in Noakhali’s Companyganj Upazila as two Awami League factions called near-simultaneous rallies at the same venue after deadly clashes. );
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Md Ziaul Haque Mir, executive officer of Companyganj Upazila, passed the order with the powers he has under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or CrPC on Sunday.
No meetings or gatherings will be allowed from 6am to 6pm on Monday, according to the order.
The authorities deployed police personnel at Basurhat Bazar and other key points following the order.