Case filed against 33 over attack on war crimes case witness's home and shop in Sunamganj's Shalla

A case has been filed against 33 people over an alleged attack and looting at the home and shop of a witness in a 1971 crimes against humanity case in Shalla upazila of Sunamganj.

Ujjwala Akter, daughter of war crimes case witness Dulal Mia, filed the case at Shalla Police Station on Sunday afternoon (November 1).

The case, which says the attack took place on the night of October 29, puts the damage at 40 lakh taka. A further 70 unnamed people have also been accused in the case.

According to the complainant, when a theft took place at Ujjwala's shop on October 23, she informed the police station. The attackers became angry after police visited the scene.

The complaint says that afterwards, from after 9pm on October 29 until late at night, a group of people led by Jalal Mia, son of war crimes case accused Jalil Mia, and relative Shahin Mia, armed with locally made weapons, vandalised the home and the shop.

The complainant also alleged that during the vandalism the attackers looted cash and valuables from the shop.

She further alleged that five people, including women and children, were injured when they tried to resist.

Ujjwala Akter said the attackers and their relatives later spread word that local people had carried out the attack over drug dealing.

She said she passes information to the administration against drugs. In her words, they are innocent people, the attackers are very influential, and no one in the area dares to speak against them.

Shalla Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Suhel said a case has been filed over an allegation of an attack on a family's home in Daulatpur.