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Sylhet, May 10 (bdnews24.com) ? As many as 220 activists of Awami League and its front organisations have been accused of murder in a case filed with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court in Sylhet on Thursday.
The case was filed over the killing of Selim Ahmed, who died on Apr 23 at Bishwanath, during the countrywide strike enforced by opposition BNP demanding 'return' of one of its organising secretaries, M Ilias Ali.
Selim's father Shafiq Miah, a resident of Tengra village at Bishwanath, filed the case accusing 132 named people including local Bishwanath upazila Awami League President Mozommil Ali and its General Secretary Babul Akter.
The rest accused, activists of Awami League, Jubo League, Chhatra League and Shwechhashebok League, were unnamed.
The complainant's lawyer, Hasan Ahmed Patwary Ripon, said the court has taken the case into cognizance, and ordered police to carry out an investigation into the allegation and take action against the responsible.
According to the case statement, the accused lead by Mozommil Ali, Babul Akter, Mizanur Rahman and Fazr Ali equipped with firearms attacked the procession taken out to demand the 'return' of Ilias Ali in Bishwanath area on Apr 23.
"At one stage of attack, Chhatra League leader Mizan shot Selim. The bullet hit Selim in the chest and he collapsed on the ground in front of Mohammadia Madrassa," it said.
Doctors declared him dead after police took him to Osmani Hospital in Sylhet, the statement added.
Justifying filing of the case 17 days after the incident had taken place, the complainant said that Bishwanath police station refused to lodge any complain in this regard when he (the complainant) had gone there for filing a case.
Selim is one of the three killed at Bishwanath during the countrywide Apr 23 strike enforced to demand 'return' of BNP's missing leader M Ilias Ali, who also hailed from the same place.
Police had filed two cases against 8,000 leaders and activists of BNP following the violence.
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Source: bdnews24.com
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