Two separate cases were filed against over 1,000 people in connection with the killing of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member Ripon and rickshaw-puller Babul Miah during Tuesday’s clashes in the city and Laksham upazila. Sub-inspector Shahidul Islam of Comilla Kotwali Police Station on Tuesday night filed a case against 81 named and 500 unnamed people with the police station for the killing of BGB member Ripon and attacking police.
Meanwhile, eight people were arrested in the case. BGB member Ripon, 25, was killed and 10 more people, including a policeman, were injured in a clash between activists of the 18-party alliance and law enforcers during the opposition’s blockade at Taltala in Comilla city at 4:45pm on Tuesday. Rokeya Begum, wife of Babul, filed another case against 36 identified and 500 unidentified people with Laksham Police Station for the killing of her husband.
Babul was killed and 10 other people were injured in police firing during a clash between police and 18-party alliance activists in Doulatganj Dighirpar area in Laksham upazila on Tuesday. The clash ensued when police tried to remove a barricade put up by the activists of the 18-party alliance.
-UNB
