NOAKHALI: Some 10,000 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir of the district were sued for their alleged involvement in obstructing police from discharging their duties.

Assistant Sub-Inspector of Companiganj Thana Shishir Kumar Biswas filed two lawsuits with Companiganj Thana on Monday morning.

Some four and a half thousand Jamaat-Shibir activists were made accused in a case including naming 47 Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists. In another case, five and a half thousand Jamaat-Shibir men were accused for obstructing police from discharging their duties.

Police have arrested four people in this connection, so far.

On Saturday afternoon, three people were killed in a clash between police and Jamaat-Shibir activists in Basurhat Bazar area under Companiganj Upazila of the district.

BDST: 1157 HRS, DEC 17, 2013
Edited By: Shameem Reza, Newsroom Editor / Rubaiat Saky, Senior Newsroom Editor