Court Correspondent :
Former Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque has been sued in a case filed on charges of attacking a procession during the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement in Tangail’s Madhupur area.
Jahid Hasan, a local, filed the case on Wednesday with the Senior Judicial Magistrate Court of Tangail, accusing 117 leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate bodies. Former Madhupur Upazila Parishad Chairman Yakub Ali, Upazila Awami League General Secretary Sarwar Alam Khan Abu, former Madhupur municipality mayors Masud Parvez and Siddique Hossain, Kuralia Union Parishad Chairman Helal, and Aushnara Union Parishad Chairman Mustafa are among the accused people.
However, the court on Thursday directed the Officer-in-Charge of Madhupur Police Station to record the case as a First Information Report (FIR), Malek Adnan, lawyer of complainant Jahid, told the media.
According to the case statement, local coordinators of Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement brought out a peaceful procession at Madhupur upazila headquarters on August 4. When the procession reached bus stand area, the accused attacked the protesters, leaving several, including complainant Jahid, injured.
With the latest case, former Minister Razzaque, also a Presidium Member of Awami League, was sued in four cases so far, including two for murder and attacks on the protesters on August 4 and 5. He has been on the run since the fall of Hasina government.