Case filed against 20 over attack on Hero Alam

Senior Staff Reporter Published: 18 July 2023, 04:39 PM | Updated: 18 July 2023, 08:20 PM
Case filed against 20 over attack on Hero Alam

A case has been filed against 15 to 20 unknown people over the attack on Dhaka-17 by-polls independent candidate Ashraful Hossain Alam, popularly known as Hero Alam.

Hero Alam's personal assistant Sujan Rahman Shuvo filed the case with Banani Police Station on Tuesday.

The plaintiff alleged in the case statement said 15 to 20 unknown people stopped Hero Alam and his men and scolded them while visiting a polling center during Dhaka-17 by-polls on Monday afternoon.

At one stage, they started punching him. They also tried to strangulate him and kicked his abdomen aiming to kill him.

Later, he was taken to Better Life Hospital in the capital’s Rampura.

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