180 sued over arson, looting in Khagrachhari

A case was filed against 180 people on charge of torching and looting around 50 houses of indigenous community families in Matiranga upazila.Miscreants set fire to 50 houses at Bandar Shing Para, Boga Para, Manudas Para and Laku Headman Para in the upazila following abduction of a motorcycle rider, Md Kamal, 32, from Taindang area in the uapzila on Saturday noon.Anil Bikash Chakma, a victim of Boga Para, on Monday filed the case with Matiranga Police Station against 30 identified and 150 unidentified people.Police detained four men in this connection, said M Main Uddin Khan, officer-in-charge of Matiranga Police Station.The detainees are local Awami League leader M Abid Ali, kidnapped motorcycle rider Kamal Hossain, Qamrul Hasan and Abu Taher. – UNB, Khagrachhari