9 Arrested In Connection With Lawyer’s Homicide Throughout Bangladesh Violence

Dhaka: At the least 9 individuals have been arrested in reference to the homicide of a lawyer who was killed throughout violence in Bangladesh’s southeastern port metropolis of Chattogram, police mentioned on Saturday. 

They have been arrested after a case was filed towards 46 individuals, principally cleanliness staff belonging to the minority Hindu neighborhood, for his or her involvement within the homicide of assistant public prosecutor Saiful Islam, who was in his early 30s, throughout clashes on Tuesday between safety personnel and followers of Hindu neighborhood chief Chinmoy Krishna Das after he was denied bail and despatched to jail by a Chattogram court docket. 

Das, the spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested from the Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport right here on Monday in a sedition case. 

“Saiful Islam’s father filed the case final night time naming 46 individuals,” mentioned Abdul Karim, the officer in command of the port metropolis’s Kotwali police station. 

Karim mentioned a lot of the accused have been residents of town’s Sebok Colony, a hub of cleanliness staff belonging to the Hindu neighborhood. 

He mentioned 9 of the accused have been arrested and a manhunt to arrest the others was underway. 

He mentioned the accused have been recognized via CCTV footage of the court docket premises, the scene of the violence on November 26. 

Police mentioned one particular person recognized as Chandan Das was the first accused as he was seen chopping the lawyer with a pointy weapon. 

The incident sparked nationwide outrage with attorneys and political teams taking to the streets demanding stern punitive actions towards Islam’s killers whereas some teams wished ISKCON Bangladesh to be banned. 

ISKCON Bangladesh, nevertheless, mentioned Das was expelled from the organisation lengthy earlier than his arrest and added that ISKCON was not concerned within the homicide or violence.