Complaint filed over bounty on 'July warriors'

Police in Narail have received a complaint alleging that bounties were offered on social media to attack participants in the 2024 Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, reports bdnews24.com.

The written complaint was filed with Narail Sadar Police Station at around 10:30 pm on Monday by Amirul Islam Rana, member secretary of the local unit of the Students Against Discrimination Movement, Officer-in-Charge Ajay Kumar Kundu said.

The complaint names 11 people as accused.

Those named include Md Mizanur Rahman Nayan, senior vice-president of the Bangabandhu National Council in Narail; Sourav Karmakar, the organisation's vice-president; Md Sajibul Islam Hridoy, a resident of Kundashi village in Lohagara upazila and a joint general secretary of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)'s Dhaka North unit; Shahadat Hossain Raihan; Iman Sikdar; former joint general secretary Lohagara upazila unit of BCL Md Milon Jamaddar; Md Israfil; Md Sajib Chowdhury; SK Aslam; Abdullah Al Jaber Lotus; and Jubayer Sheikh.

Since the beginning of July, provocative posts have been circulating on Facebook, including offers of rewards ranging from Tk 50,000 to Tk 500,000 for attacking participants in the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

Amirul Islam Rana alleged that supporters of the former ruling Awami League were behind the threats.