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Companiganj Al Infighting: Mirza’s rival held hrs after party warning
Violence will stop only if Obaidul Quader wants, says his brother
File photo of Abdul Quader Mirza
Hours after Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday warned of action against people involved in the deadly clashes in Noakhali s Companiganj, men in plainclothes picked up Mizanur Rahman Badal, the rival of Obaidul s brother Quader Mirza.
Badal is the organising secretary of the AL s Companiganj unit and also the former upazila chairman while Mirza is the mayor of Basurhat municipality.
Police initially claimed they did not know anything about Badal s detention. But Alamgir Hossain, the superintendent of police in Noakhali, told The Daily Star around 7:20pm yesterday that Badal had been arrested.
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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.
27 held over deadly Noakhali clash, Section 144 imposed in Companiganj’s Basurhat
At least 27 people have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s deadly clash between two rival factions of Awami League in Noakhali, officials said Wednesday.
The clash between supporters of Quader Mirza and other Awami League activists in Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila left one person dead and more than 30 others injured.
The 27 suspects have been nabbed from different parts of the upazila, officials said.
Meanwhile, the local administration has imposed prohibitory orders in the Basurhat municipality area in the wake of the clash.
Companiganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohamamd Ziaul Haque Mir said that the prohibitory orders would remain in force till 12 am on Wednesday.
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