A Barishal court has ordered the police to register a case against leaders and activists of Gono Odhikar Parishad over the vandalism of Jatiya Party鈥檚 office 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.
JP district general secretary and lawyer for the case, MA Jalil, said that the incident had taken place on the night of May 31, when Gono Odhikar Parishad activists attacked and vandalised JP office on Fakirbari Road in the city.
鈥楢fter the incident, our party members went to the police station to file a case, but the police refused to accept it. Later, we submitted a written complaint to the court. On Thursday, the court ordered the officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station to record the complaint as a case,鈥� Jalil said.
He also added that the complaint, along with the court order, was sent to the police station around 11:00am. 鈥楧uty officer SI Dolly received the documents.鈥�
Apart from Nur and Rashed, the case also accuses Gono Odhikar Parishad鈥檚 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.
Reacting to the development, Gono Odhikar Parishad鈥檚 Barishal city general secretary Farhad Hossain said, 鈥榃e are not aware of any case being filed in court over the vandalism of the JP office. However, if there is such a case, we will face it legally.鈥�
Kotwali police station鈥檚 officer-in-charge Mizanur Rahman said, 鈥榃e have not yet received any documents from the court regarding the case. If the duty officer has received them, we will get those in due time.鈥�