Two BCL men land in Bandarban jail over attack on police

BANDARBAN, Dec 17 (UNB): Two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were sent to jail on Saturday in a case filed over attack on police in the district town.

The accused are Ariful Haque, organising secretary of ward no. 4 unit of municipal BCL and its activist Saifuzzaman.

BCL men, riding motorbikes, hit a plainclothed police official and then locked into a scuffle with the law enforcers in Rajar Matt area around 6:00 pm on Friday, said Golam Sarwar, officer-in-charge of Sadar Model thana.

As a sequel to the brawl, an organsied group of BCL men attacked police with sticks, leaving four constables - Shariar (20), Shakhawat Hossain (22), Hasan Al Mamun (21) and Nazmul Habib -- injured.

The injured were admitted to Bandarban Sadar Hospital.

A case was filed against 30 people, naming five men.

Later, police arrested Ariful from Rajar Matt area and Saifuzzaman from his house.

On Saturday, they were produced before a court and the court sent them to jail custody.