Cops arrest 2 more Hefajat leaders in city
7 other supporters held in B’baria
Maulana Zunayed Al Habib. Photo: Collected
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Police yesterday arrested two top leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam from the capital along seven supporters of the Islamist group from Brahmanbaria.
The two leaders are Dhaka City unit President Maulana Zunayed Al Habib and an Assistant Secretary General Maulana Jalaluddin Ahmed
Maulana Zunayed is also the joint secretary general of Hefajat, a Qawmi madrasa-based Islamist organisation.
Law enforcers said that the two were arrested in connection with cases filed following the 2013 mayhem and the one in late March this year.
Hefajat’s 2013 mayhem in Dhaka: 2 central leaders among 3 remanded
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
A Dhaka court today placed three Hefajat-e-Islam men, including two of its central leaders, on a five-day remand each in a case filed over the mayhem in Dhaka in May 2013.
They are Hefajat-e-Islam assistant organising secretary Mufti Shakhawat Hossain Razi, assistant secretary general Maulana Monzurul Islam Afendi and activist Mufti Fakhrul Islam.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Morshed Al Mamun Bhuiyan passed the order after Investigation Officer Harun-Or-Rashid produced the trio with a 10-day remand prayer in a case filed with Paltan Police Station, court sources said.
Do police really need to use more powerful weapons?
The latest instruction is even more problematic since Bangladesh police, in recent years, has increasingly been criticised by human rights groups and observers for brutality and lack of accountability. Photo: Star
Recent incidents of violence, including attacks on public establishments, seem to have unnerved our police. As a result, the Inspector General of Police has instructed senior law enforcement officials to firmly address such incidence, even with the use of more powerful weapons should firing rubber bullets prove ineffective in bringing the situation under control, according to the
Prothom Alo. The report, quoting officials, said that the IGP expressed his dissatisfaction, as the Hefazat-led violence could not be brought under control by firing rubber bullets. The virtual meeting held on April 7 was attended by senior officials at the police headquarters. Within 24 hours, the media published pictures of light machine
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Plaintiff Khandaker Arifuzzaman, who identified himself as a businessman in the case started with Paltan police on Monday night, also named 16 other men and 2,000 to 3,000 unidentified people, according to Paltan Police Station OC Abu Bakr Siddique.
Case against Mamunul, 16 others: arrest after assessing their role in mayhem, police say
Mamunul Haque
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Police will go for arrest of Hefajat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque and 16 others, who were sued in a case last night, after assessing their roles, police said. There are issues to go over, whether they were directly involved in the incident (violence), or acted as mastermind, instigator or financer. We will assess the issues in shortest possible time and arrest those found involved, Syed Nurul Islam, deputy commissioner of Motijheel Division Police, told reporters at his office. The case was filed last night. We are determining their identities, locating their whereabouts, finding out their location on March 26 and their roles on that day, the DC said responding to a query.