Slained Ctg lawyer Saiful's family files murder case against 46
Saiful's elder brother Khan-e Alam has filed another case on the assault and vandalism of lawyers in the court premises on 26 November
The family of slained Chattogram lawyer Saiful Islam Alif has filed a case against 46 individuals three days after his brutal murder.
Jamal Uddin, the father of Saiful, lodged the case at the port city's Kotwali Police Station last night (29 November), said Md Abdul Karim, officer-in-charge (OC) of the station.
In the case document, Jamal alleged that the supporters of the Awami League, Chhatra League, and Jubo League provoked those who carried out the attack on Saiful.
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"I want the killers of my son to be hanged," Jamal told Prothom Alo.
The case document named 31 individuals, while 10-15 were unnamed.
The named accused in the case include Chandan Das, Aman Das, Shubho Kanti Das, Bunja, Ranab, Bidhan, Bikash, Ramit, Rumit Das, Nayan Das, Gagan Das, Bishal Das, Omkar Das, Bishal, Rajkapur, Lala, Samir, Sohel Das, Shiv Kumar, Biglal, Parash, Ganesh, Om Das, Poppy, Ajay, Debi Charan, Deb, Joy, Durlav Das, and Rajib Bhattacharya.
Most of the accused work as cleaners at the Bandil Road Sebak Colony under Kotwali Police Station, Kazi Tareq Aziz, additional deputy commissioner (media) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), told Prothom Alo.
He also said police have already arrested nine of the named accused.
Mentioning Chandan Das as the key accused in the murder case, Tareq Aziz said Chandan was wearing an orange t-shirt and helmet during the killing. Police saw him hacking Saiful in video footage obtained from the scene, and efforts are underway to arrest him.
Meanwhile, Saiful's elder brother Khan-e Alam last night filed another case on the assault and vandalism of lawyers in the Chattogram court premises on 26 November.
This case named 115 individuals and included 400-500 unnamed people as accused.
On Tuesday (26 November), a Chattogram court denied the bail petition of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagaran Jote and former leader of Iskcon Bangladesh, in a sedition case and sent him to jail.
After the hearing, when Chinmoy boarded a prison van of the police, a mob -- mostly Chinmoy's supporters -- blocked the roads, triggering a clash in the court premises that lasted around 2.5 hours.
In protest against the attack and vandalism, Saiful and a group of lawyers took part in a procession and headed towards Bandil Road. At that time, armed individuals chased them.
Saiful stumbled and fell while others managed to escape. This was when he was beaten up and hacked mercilessly.
The lawyer was rescued from an alley next to Kotwali's Rangam Convention Hall at around 3:30pm and taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctors declared him dead.
