Police recommend discharge of 26 accused in July case, complainant summoned to court
Police found no truth in the allegations in a case filed in Rajshahi after the July movement. After investigation, the case — filed over allegations of an attack on a house, vandalism, looting and a bomb blast — was described as false and motivated.
The investigating officer has submitted a final report to the court recommending the discharge of the 26 named accused in the case, along with the unnamed accused. At the same time, legal action against the complainant has been recommended for filing a false case.
The complainant has been ordered to appear in court in this connection. The information came from sources at Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-5.
Most of the accused in the case are leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its associate organisations. They include Abdul Momin, president of the metropolitan Swechchhasebak League and former councillor of ward 13 of Rajshahi City Corporation (Rasik), Taurid Al Masud Roni, general secretary of the city Jubo League, Ramjan Ali, former president of the city Jubo League, and Akhtar Hossain, general secretary of the city Sramik League.
Sources at Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-5 said Shahjahan Ali, a resident of Sultanabad in Boalia thana and a Sramik Dal leader, filed the case at Boalia Model police station on August 19, 2024. In it, 26 people from the banned Awami League and its associate organisations were named, along with more than a hundred unnamed persons.
The complaint alleged that the accused attacked his house out of vengeance because he had actively taken part in the July movement. The house was vandalised, looted and a bomb was set off during the attack, causing damage of about 10 lakh taka, the complaint said.
Court sources said Judge Ashikur Rahman of Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-5 ordered the complainant to appear in court in connection with the final report submitted by the investigating officer.
Several attempts were made to contact the complainant, Shahjahan Ali, on his mobile phone for comment, but he did not answer the calls.
As the investigation found no truth in the allegations, the final report described the case as false and motivated. The court will now take the next decision on the final report.
