attack on Barishal-4 MP
5 held over attack on Barishal MP's motorcade
Five people were arrested Wednesday in connection with a case filed over the attack on Barishal-4 MP Pankaj Nath's motorcade in Hijla upazila Tuesday.
The arrestees are Mosharraf Hossain, Syed Manjur Morshed, Mohim Dewan, Md Oli Uddin and Helal Sikder, Hijla Police Station Officer-in-Charge Asim Kumar Sikder confirmed.
Md Ibrahim Sardar, general secretary of the Hijla Sramik League unit, filed the case naming 24 people and also against a few unnamed ones. "The attack on the motorcade was launched to settle an old score that I have with Enayet Hossain, Hijla upazila Awami League vice-president and also a candidate of the ruling party in the Barajalia Union Parishad election. The windshields of the MP's car were smashed during the attack."
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Enayet said: "This ploy has been hatched to beat me at the polls. Although my supporters had no connection with the incident, police arrested them and two member candidates."
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MP Pankaj's convoy came under attack in front of the upazila Awami League office around 9:30pm Tuesday. The lawmaker's driver Shukkur got slightly injured at that time.