RE: [mukto-mona] Police atrocity On Jamaat workers--editorial

Jiten sahib and other respected persons,please see also this---

On arrest of Sangram Editor and Witch hunt against  Jamaat

 

The press has reported that Abul Asad, editor of the dailySangram was arrested early Tuesday by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) oncharge of inciting Monday's violence in the city.Lt Col Rafiqul Islam, RAB-3 commanding officer, told The New Nation that they arrested Asad from his Maghbazar residence for his role in instigating the Jamaat leaders and activists during Monday's violence.Abul Asad, editor of the daily Sangram was given to three-day police remand. Jamaat activists clashed with police on Monday after the law enforcers obstructed their prescheduled rally at Bijoynagar in the capital.After the clash, DetectiveBranches of police arrested Jamaat acting secretary general ATM Azharul Islam,publication secretary Tasneem Alam and its central leader Ijjat Ullah.Meanwhile, BNP chairperson andleader of the opposition Khaleda Zia protested the arrest of Abul Asad and demanded immediate his immediate release. A faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) also protested the arrest of Abul Asad and demanded withdraw the false case against him.   

On the other hand Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court on Tuesday placed Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activist son 19 days remand in four  criminal cases relating to  Monday's violence  on the  city street.The court of  Metropolitan MagistrateSunanda Bagchi granted 19 days' remand each of the 183 arrested jamaat leaders and workers  amidst hue and cry in the crowded court room.The defence lawyers interruptedthe remand hearing demanding production of relevant  documents and productionof all the accused before the court. While presenting their submissions they told the court that their clients were tortured inhumanly during police custody after their arrest on Monday.Under  demand from  defence  lawyers, all the 183   including  party's acting secretary general ATM AzharulIslam, publicity secretary general Tasneem Alam and Mohammad and central working committee member Ijjat Ullah were brought to the overcrowded court room at 4 pm and passed  the order  at 6.30 pmPolice sought  a total of 35 days' remand for each tointerrogate them about  Monday's  violence. But the court granted 19 days remand in four cases.     

 

It is also seen that New Nation has headlined “Several thousand Jamaat leaders, activists held across country” and reported that Police in overnight drives onTuesday arrested around 200 leaders and several thousand activists ofJamaat-e-Islami from the capital and different other districts of the country,sources said. Meanwhile, several thousandJamaat leaders, workers and activists have been sued in nine cases for Monday'sviolence in the capital, added the sources.Benazir Ahmed, commissioner ofDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said on Tuesday that police would take actionagainst Jamaat leaders who were involved with Monday's violence. Police havealready colleted footage from the incident spot, he added.   

We feel police has started a vicious campaign against Jamaal leaders and workers in the name of vandalizing some transports. But why people in thousands are being arrested who were not there in Kakrail and bijoynagar area of Dhaka”. What is the reason for arresting old editor of Sangram, a major scholar of the country and police asking for his remand and getting it. We do not see police filing any case against those police who raided hospital, arrested doctor on duty and mercilessly beat some fallen demonstrators. We feel it is time now for political parties to file cases against oppressor police officials.

Remand for 19 days of about two hundred people is unthinkable. Police wanted remand for 35 days. The government and judiciary know fully well what happens in remand. We ask the government and judiciary to do something to stop abuse of remand. We are surprised that magistrate normally allow remand prayed by police knowing full well abuse of remand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jiten Roy
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:54 AM
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Police atrocity On Jamaat workers--editorial

 

 

The other reports say – the police were totally unprepared for such massive attacks on them with lethal weapons. The carnages left behind tell me the story of Jamati-brutality instead. So many police Vans are on fire; damage estimate is 100 crore takas. This does not seem like police brutality. Police did not burn their vans, and cause these destructions. Did they? Why people are calling it - police atrocity on peaceful demonstration?  It doesn’t look like a peaceful demonstration at all. It sounds like propaganda to me.   Jiten Roy --- On Mon, 9/19/11, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote: From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> Subject: [mukto-mona] Police atrocity On Jamaat workers--editorial To: hkbadal@gmail.com, manzurul_1977@yahoo.com Date: Monday, September 19, 2011, 11:10 PM       Police atrocity On Jamaat workers  As a result of Police obstructing the Jammate Islami program and subsequent police action and clash about two  hundred persons have been injured,one hundred arrested and number of transports have been damaged. We have seen in the Tv footage the merciless beating by police .Reports say that police also raided hospital to arrest the injured. The height of it is that the Superintendent of the hospital was arrested. Apart from that senior Jamaat central leaders including AZharul Islam, the secretary General of the party ,have been arrested from Jamaat central office UNB has reported that At least 17 vehicles including three police cars were burnt in the capital on monday as riot police clashed with Jamaat-e-Islami activists demanding release of their top leaders.Witnesses said police charged batons and fired barrage of tear gas shells to disperse hundreds of Jamaat-e-Islami activists who gathered at the Diploma Engineers Institute at Kakrail this afternoon to observe their two-day demonstration program.The pitched battle broke out at about 4pm when police obstructed the demonstrators. Soon the clashes spread out to Paltan, Bijoynagar, Fakirerpool and Malibagh areas.Helmeted police in full riot gear used dozens of tear gas canisters to disperse the Jamaat activists turning the entire area starting from Kakrail crossing to Purana Paltan and Fakirerpool to Malibagh.” We condemn the police action.The processionists had all the right to hold peaceful protest. Police should not have obstructed the procession. The peaceful space for political action is reducing. This will increase violence for which the authorities will be responsible.The arrest of senior political leaders from their office is unacceptable. So is the arrest of a senior doctor from the hospital

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