Our Correspondent :
A case has been filed against 150 people, including the UP chairman in connection with the July 1 attack on members of the Rapid Action Battalion-9 in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.
Abdul Hannan, deputy assistant director of Rab-9, Shayestaganj Camp, filed the case with Nasirnagar Police Station. Around 150 names including Bahar Uddin Chowdhury, chairman of Dharmandal Union Parishad, were mentioned in the case.
According to the case sources, a team from Rab-9 — based on information — carried out an anti-drug drive in the Thakurbari area of Dharmandal village on July 1 at around 10:30 pm. Rab members detained three drug dealers, Abu Mia (27), Bahar Mia (28), and Sattar Mia (32) with 100 grams of heroin, 235 yaba tablets, and Tk 281,170 in cash, during the operation.
As the Rab members were leaving the scene, local men attacked them with weapons, shouting that they were robbers. Two members of the Rab team, ASI Bokul Hossain and Nayek Md Touhidul Islam of Shayestaganj Camp were injured in the attack.
Rab-9 Captain Abu Musa Mohammad Shariful Islam told The Daily Star that a case has been filed with Nasirnagar Police Station in this regard.
