Brahmanbaria mayhem: 6 more Hefazat men held
UNB
27th April, 2021 03:30:52
Six more people have been arrested in the past 24 hours in connection with last month s mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters in Brahmanbaria, police said on Tuesday.
The arrests were made from different parts of Brahmanbaria after identifying the accused from video footage and images taken during the violence, the district police said.
Two of the six arrested have been identified as Sadekpr Union Chartra Olama Oikko Parishad’s secretary Kwari Md Mojammel Haque and Ashuganj upajila Hefazat-e-Islam and Imam Parishad secretary Maulana Mufti Obaydullah.
So far, 55 cases have been filed and 375 people nabbed over the rampage, the district police said in a release.