Mashrafe among 595 sued over attack on student protests
The case was filed at Lohagara Police Station last night (9 December), said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Lohagara Police Station Md Ashiqur Rahman today
Former national cricket captain and Narail-2 MP Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been sued in a case along with 594 others, including his father, Golam Mortaza Swapan, over an attack on the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on 4 August.
The case was filed at Lohagara Police Station last night (9 December), said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Lohagara Police Station Md Ashiqur Rahman today.
The other accused include district leaders of the Awami League and Chhatra League, among others.
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Kazi Md Yajur Rahman Babu, chief organiser of the Narail district unit of the movement, filed the case naming 295 individuals alongside approximately 300 unnamed persons.
The accused, associated with the Awami League and its affiliates, carried out the attack on 4 August. The incident reportedly occurred at the C&B Intersection in Lohagara upazila during a programme organised by the students, Babu alleged.
According to the case statement, 15-20 students, including the plaintiff, were injured as the attackers used machetes, bamboo sticks, and iron rods. The attackers also allegedly detonated explosives to disperse the students.
Investigations were underway, said the OC.
