16 Jubo League men sued in Ashulia

A case was filed against 16 Jubo League leaders and activists on Sunday night for allegedly trying to grab a market and looting goods worth Tk 5 million from its traders, reports UNB.

The case was filed with Ashulia Police Station against Ashulia Jubo League unit joint convener and UP member Mainul Islam Bhuiyan, activists Riyad, Halim Sheikh and Asgar Ali Sheikh and 12 others, said Rezaul Kabir Alamgir, officer-in-charge of the police station.

Alamgir Kabir, owner of the market, said he purchased 39 decimals of land and constructed a shopping complex on it. The shops were rented to 68 fruit traders.

A group of Jubo League men, led by Mainul, entered the shopping complex on 10 September and looted goods worth Tk 5 million and tried to take hold of the market, he alleged.