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A case has been filed against 20–25 unidentified people over an alleged attack on National Citizen Party (NCP) chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary at Lalon Akhra in Kushtia.
Jannatul Ferdous Tony, convener of the NCP’s Kushtia district unit, filed the case with Kumarkhali Police Station on Wednesday, Officer-in-Charge Jamal Uddin confirmed on Friday, October 9.
According to the complaint, Nasiruddin visited Chheuriya Akhrabari in Kumarkhali upazila on October 4 and listened to Lalon songs.
At around 8:15pm, as he and his associates were leaving through the main gate, a group of unidentified people allegedly attacked them. One of the attackers threw an egg and a stone at the NCP leader before shouting, the complaint said.
The attackers, allegedly armed with sticks, bamboo poles, pipes, wooden battens, iron rods, stones and other locally available weapons, ambushed Patwary and the NCP members accompanying him, leaving several people injured.
The group took shelter inside the shrine to escape the assault, but the attackers allegedly followed them and continued the attack. They also vandalised Patwary’s vehicle while trying to prevent him from leaving the premises safely, according to the complaint.
When local residents, NCP members and others intervened, the attackers left the shrine and gathered near the main gate, where they allegedly continued to threaten and intimidate the group.
Patwary and the other activists later left the Akhrabari safely with police assistance and in the presence of journalists.
OC Jamal Uddin said no one had been arrested in connection with the incident so far. Police were working to identify and apprehend those involved, he added.