City Desk :
A Barisal court has ordered police to register a case against leaders and activists of Gono Odhikar Parishad over the vandalism of Jatiya Party’s (JaPa) office in the city.
JaPa’s district general secretary and lawyer for the case, MA Jalil, said the incident took place on the night of May 31, when Gono Odhikar Parishad activists attacked and vandalized JaPa’s office on Fakirbari Road in the city.
Central President of Gono Odhikar Parishad Nurul Haque Nur and General Secretary Rashed Khan have been named as prime accused in the case filed under the Speedy Trial Act.
“After the incident, our party members went to the police station to file a case, but police refused to accept it. Later, we submitted a written complaint to the court.
On Thursday, the court ordered the officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali police station to record the complaint as a case,” Jalil said.
He added: “The complaint, along with the court order, was sent to the police station around 11am. Duty Officer SI Dolly received the documents.”
Apart from Nur and Rashed, the case also accuses Gono Odhikar Parishad’s district President HM Shamim Reza, district General Secretary HM Hasan, city General Secretary Farhad Hossain, along with 25 named and 70 to 80 unidentified activists of the party.
