DMP arrest two AL leaders for allegedly attacking protesters during student movement in Mirpur
A team of Rupnagar Police Station arrested Gofur Mollah, vice president of Rupnagar Awami League, while Paltan Awami League President and Ward-13 Councilor Md Enamul Haque Abul was arrested by a team of Detective Branch police of DMP.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested two Awami League leaders from Dhaka's Mirpur for allegedly attacking protesters during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in July and August.
A team of Rupnagar Police Station arrested Gofur Mollah, vice president of Rupnagar Awami League, with arms in his possession from his house in Dhaka North's Rupnagar area at around 3:30am last night (3 October), said Mirpur Police.
Besides, Paltan Awami League President and Ward-13 Councilor Md Enamul Haque Abul was arrested by a team of Detective Branch police of DMP.
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Gofur Mollah has been arrested in a murder case filed by Samrat Howlader, cousin of Shamim Hawlader who was killed during an attack on protesters in Mirpur-10 adjacent main road by members of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations on 20 July afternoon, DMP's Mirpur Division Deputy Commissioner Maksudur Rahman said in a press briefing this evening (3 October).
"During the investigation in the case, analysis of video footage has revealed Gofur's involvement in the attacks," said the DMP official.
DMP Deputy Commissioner Maksudur also said Gofur Mollah purchased a total of 100 rounds of bullets - 50 in 2001, 25 in 2006 and 25 in 2013 - for a shotgun licensed under his name.
"Rupnagar Police recovered one shotgun, eight bullets and one used cartridge from his possession during the arrest. He could not give any satisfactory answer regarding the remaining 92 bullets, and he did not file a general diary with the police regarding the use or loss of the bullets.
"In the initial interrogation, he admitted that the 92 bullets were used during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement."
Regarding Enamul's arrest, Maksudur said he was apprehended in a case filed over the death of Emon Halder Akash, who was killed during an attack by members of AL and its affiliates on protesters near the Popular Diagnostic Centre in the old Mirpur-10 Bus Stand on 4 August.
