6 cases filed over Bihari camp violence

Six cases were filed with Pallabi thana on Sunday in connection with Saturday's violence at Kurmitola Bihari camp in the city's Mirpur area that left 10 people dead, report agencies.
Operation officer of Pallabi thana SI Yasin said six cases, including one for killing and another for police assault, were filed against over 1,200 unnamed people in connection with the violence at Kalshi and its surrounding areas.
Sub-inspector (SI) of the thana Mominul filed the murder case while SI Jahid the police assault case.
Besides, a local man, Mobarak, filed another case against some unidentified people for vandalsing a local mosque during the violence on behalf of the mosque committee.
Yet another local man, Faruk, filed a case against over 800 people for stabbing him at Baunia Bandh and looting his shop during Saturday's incident.
Parvez, a resident of Mirpur-11, filed a case against 200-300 people as some people attacked him during the violence, while Apu, a resident of Paris Road of Mirpur-11 filed another case for attacking him on the same day.
Meanwhile, 4,000-5,000 Bihari people took to the streets on Sunday morning protesting the killings and chanted slogans demanding the arrest of local MP Ilias Mollah.
They put barricade on the road disrupting vehicular movement in the area from 10 am.
Additional police have been deployed as tension was mounting in the area.
Urdu-speaking Muslims living in the Bihari camp have blamed Ilias Molla for Saturday's incidents.
Molla did not visit the scene after Saturday's clash.
Dhaka metropolitan Awami League secretary Shahida Tarekh Dipti who visited the scene, was asked why Molla had not come.
 "The people know why he has not come. They can tell you," Dipti, a former MP, said.