OC among 36 cops sued over killing of Bhola BNP leader
The party withdraws daylong strike after 6 hrs
Friday, 5 August 2022
BHOLA, Aug 04 (UNB): Thirty-six policemen including the officer-in-charge of Bhola model police station were sued over the death of Swechchhasebak Dal activist Abdur Rahim in 'police firing' during a clash between BNP activist and police.
The case was filed at Senior Judicial Magistrate Ali Haider's court on Thursday following a complaint of Abdur Rahim's wife Khadiza Begum.
Bhola Model Police station OC Arman Haque was made the main accused in the case, said plaintiff's lawyer Amirul Islam Baset.
According to the complaint, on July 31, Arman Hossain was shot dead by OC Arman Hossain as a clash broke out between police and BNP activists during a demonstration of the party and its likeminded political groups against the ongoing load shedding and mismanagement in the power sector.
Meanwhile, BNP has shortened their dawn-to-dusk general strike in Bhola by six hours which they called in protest against the death of JCD district unit president Noor-e-Alam.