Politics

Mirza Abbas among 849 sued by police

BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas and 848 others have been sued by police on allegation of exploding cocktails and snatching arms from police centering the party’s grand rally held on Saturday.

Sub Inspector of Shahjahanpur Police Station Mostafizur Rahman filed the case against 49 named people including Mirza Abbas and 700 to 800 unidentified people on Sunday.

According to the case statement, the attackers led by Mirza Abbas chanted slogans in front of the Kamalapur Railway Officers’ Quarter after the BNP’s rally in Naya Paltan on Saturday. They created panic among the public and hurled brick chips aiming to kill police. At that time, they also exploded cocktails, obstructed police from performing duty and snatched arms from them.