A case was filed against 36 people, including BNP-backed Fulgazi upazila chairman candidate Mahtabuddin Chowdhury Minar, in connection with the killing of the upazila’s chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram.
The election was held in the upazila on March 23.
The victim’s brother Rejaul Haque Jasim filed the case against one named, Mahtabuddin Chowdhury Minar, and 35 unidentified people with Feni Model Police Station on Tuesday midnight.
Meanwhile, police in a drive arrested 18 people from different parts of the district town from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday morning for their suspicious involvement in the attack killing Ekram.
Police also seized one private car and two motorcycles, which were likely to have been used during the attack.
On the other hand, the first namaz-e-janaza of slain upazila chairman was held at Mishion Moydan in the town at about 9:00am.
A large number of people, including Awami League leaders and activists and relatives of the deceased, took part in the janaza.
The second namaz-e-janaza of Ekram will be held on the playground of Fulgazi Pilot High School in the upazila at about 10:40am.
Ekram is supposed to be buried at the family graveyard at Hasanpur village in the same upazila after his third janaza here at about 11:30am.
Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram was shot and burnt to death by miscreants in Academy area of the district town on Tuesday.
Police said Ekram, an Awami League-backed UZ chairman, came under attack by the miscreants, numbering 20-30, on his way to the upazila headquarters in his car from his Masterpara residence around 11:00am.
Source: The Daily Star, UNBconnect