3 cases filed over Lalmonirhat mob lynching incident
Crime
Three cases have been filed over the grisly murder of a man for hurting religious sentiment at Burimari of Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila.
Superintendent of Lalmonirhat Police Abida Sultana confirmed the news to The Business Standard, saying all the cases were filed at Patgram Police Station in the afternoon.
A total of 50 named and some unnamed people were made accused in a case filed by police on allegation of vandalizing government property and obstructing law enforcers from discharging duties.
The chairman of Burimari Union Parishad filed another case against 22 named and some unknown people for carrying out sabotage activities at the Parishad complex.
Meanwhile, Saiful Islam, a cousin of deceased Jewel, filed a murder case with the police station.
More than 100 people have so far been identified to be involved in the incident, added the SP.
On Thursday evening locals of Lalmonirhat's Burimari beat and burned the deceased Shahidunnabi Jewel -former employee of Rangpur Cantonment Public School- to death.
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