Ijtema clash: 23 Saad followers get anticipatory bail
The court also encouraged both factions of the Tablighi Jamaat to conduct their activities with mutual understanding
The High Court has granted anticipatory bail to 23 followers of Saad Kandhalvi, including their chief mentor Syed Wasiful Islam, until the submission of the investigation report in a case filed over the deaths of four people during a clash with followers of Zubayer Ahmed over control of the Ijtema ground in Tongi on 18 December.
A High Court bench comprising Justice Muhammad Mahbub Ul Islam and Justice Md Hamidur Rahman passed the order today (8 January).
The court also encouraged both factions of the Tablighi Jamaat – those supporting Saad and those supporting Zubayer – to conduct their activities with mutual understanding.
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Senior lawyer Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun, who represented the petitioners in court, said the 23 individuals would remain on bail until the police investigation report is submitted to the court.
He further emphasised that all the accused, including Syed Wasiful Islam, are elderly and respected individuals, including former secretaries, university professors, and other prominent figures.
SM Alam, a follower of Maulana Zubayer, filed the case against 29 followers of the Saad group at Tongi West Police Station on 19 December.
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According to the case statement, going against the government order Mawlana Wasiful tried to hold an Ijtema with the followers of Mawlana Saad at the Ijtema ground between 20-24 December.
They even threatened to foil the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema if Mawlana Saad was not given permission to attend it. At one point, they attacked the followers of Mawlana Jubayer who were guarding the Ijtema ground, beat up and hacked four of his followers to death.
Police arrested Muaz Bin Noor, spokesperson for the followers of Maulana Saad, as accused number 5, and Zia Bin Kashem, Maulana Saad Kandhalvi faction's leader, as accused number 6, in this case. They are currently in jail.
