Jamaat-Shibir’s attack on Abu Saeed’s lawyer. The attack by Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists on organizer Nahid Hasan Knowledge, Abu Saeed’s lawyer Raihan Kabir, and Sheikh Nasir Uddin, the leader of the landless movement, has drawn protests and condemnations from at least 62 persons from a variety of professions around the nation.
Jamaat-Shibir’s attack: State Reform member Riaz Khan signed a statement on Sunday night (December 1) expressing the condemnation.
Professor Salimullah Khan, Professor Anu Muhammad, Professor Kazi Maruful Islam, Professor Tuhin Wadud, Dr. Syed Nizar, Dr. Zahed Ur Rahman, Morshed Shafiul Hasan, Kollol Mustafa, Sahul Ahmed, Baki Billah, Parvez Alam, Samjir Ahmed, Dilshana Parul, Maruf Mallik, Muhammad Ullah Madhu, Altaf Shahnewaz, Arifuzzaman Tuhin, Deepak Suman, Khandkar Suman, Mir Huzaifa Al Mamduh, Anupam Debashish Ray, Susmita Chakraborty, Rafiqul Ranjhu, Syed Jamil, Nasrin Khandkar, Shimul Salahuddin, Salahuddin Shubhra, Ehsan Mahmud, Rafiquzzaman Farid, Saikat Arif, Ragib Naim, Arif Rahman, and others are mentioned in the statement. Jamaat-Shibir’s attack..
According to the statement, the State Reform Movement held a farmers’ rally at Kurigram’s Roushmari Upazila Freedom Fighters Complex on November 29. Among other things, the rally called for the removal of market and ferry taxes, the creation of an independent local government, and the creation of an agricultural reform commission. In the days preceding the gathering, they had been conducting massive campaigns. The police claim that on the day of the event, Jamaat-e-Islami petitioned the Roumari Police Station to call for the rally to be canceled. Consequently, the stage was taken down by the Roumari police. Jamaat-Shibir’s attack…
“Later, when the organization’s leaders and activists reached the rally site at the appointed time, Jamaat activists led by former Upazila Parishad Chairman Majibur Rahman Bongobashi’s son-in-law and nephew Mahbub attacked the organizing committee’s convener, Mizanur Rahman Minu, with sticks,” the statement reads. They started punching and kicking Abu Saeed’s chief attorney, Raihan Kabir, when he attempted to communicate with them. Sheikh Nasir, the leader of the landless movement, and a number of other people were also beaten when guest Nahid Hasan Knowledge stood up to stop it.
The well-known people said, “The video we received and the statements made by administrative officials in the media clearly indicate that, with their tacit support, the Jamaat-Shibir activists gained the courage to carry out this attack.”
The message goes on to claim, “We know that the Roumari Circle SP, OC, and UNO are also among the offenders after reading their remarks. We vehemently condemn the incident and call for their removal and the perpetrators’ arrest.” Jamaat-Shibir’s attack..
