Police have initiated four murder cases over the deadly violence surrounding a National Citizen Party rally in Gopalganj, reports bdnews24.com.
Each of the cases list 1,400-1,500 unidentified members of the Awami League and its affiliated groups.
On Sunday, Gopalganj Sadar Police chief Mir Mohammad Sajedur Rahman said the cases were registered late Saturday night.
A fifth murder case is pending following the death of an autorickshaw driver, who succumbed to gunshot wounds in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Jul 17.Tensions had been escalating in Gopalganj since Tuesday over the NCP's "July March".
On Wednesday, repeated attacks on the NCP rally event triggered clashes between Awami League activists and members of police and the Army, as the town descended into chaos for nearly five hours.
Four people were killed and more than 50 others injured in the clashes, including at least nine with gunshot wounds.
The four individuals who died on Wednesday were identified as Dipta Saha, 30, son of Santosh Saha from Udayan Road in Gopalganj town; Ramzan Kazi, 17, son of Kamrul Kazi from Harinahati village in Kotalipara; Sohel Rana, 35, of Shanapara in Gopalganj town; and Imon Talukder from Bherar Bazar in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila.
Four of the critically wounded were transferred to DMCH that night. One of them, autorickshaw driver Ramzan Munshi, died on Thursday night.
None of the five victims underwent inquest or autopsy examinations before burial or cremation.
BSS adds: Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) saidon Sunday no mass arrest had been made over the Gopalganj incident.
"No mass arrest has been made. Only those who committed crimes are being arrested," he said, replying to a question from journalists over the Gopalganj situation, after coming out of a core committee meeting on law and order at the Home Ministry .
