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The police arrested Mizanur Rahman Badal, former president of Kompaniganj Upazila and organization secretary of the Awami League district, an opponent of the prominent mayor of Basurhat municipality, Quader Mirza. Noakhali Police Superintendent on Thursday (March 11) evening. Alamgir Hossain confirmed this information and said that he has been shown arrested in multiple cases.
Meanwhile, after Badal was abducted by people dressed in white around 4 p.m. Thursday, a status was seen on Badal’s Facebook account at around 6 p.m. There he wrote: “Everyone be patient. Even if there is a drop of blood on the body, we will not accept the insult of the beloved leader and beloved leader. InshaAllah we will free Kompaniganj from the bad government. We are committed.”
Following the dissemination of this status, the followers of Badal also left the area and went into hiding.
Earlier, Badal was picked up in a minibus in front of a tea shop in the Noakhali Press Club area around 4:15 pm. The family later reported that men dressed in white had picked it up.
According to a witness to the Badal kidnapping, Badal, along with some activists, was having tea at a tea shop in the Crescent Market on the west side of the Press Club. At that moment a black minibus arrived and stopped there. In a minute, some people got out of the minibus and picked up Badal. The minibus then headed west of District Judge’s Court Road onto the main city road.
Mizanur Rahman Badal’s younger brother, Rahim Ullah Bidyut, said his brother was taken away by DB police. “Why aren’t law enforcement arresting Quader Mirza?” He asked.
Meanwhile, the tense situation in the Basurhat area following Tuesday’s clashes was quite normal yesterday. However, the panic among the people has not yet subsided. Adequate police and RAB patrols continue. Shops have been opened in Basurhat Bazar since yesterday morning and vehicles have moved normally.
Companiganj Police Station OC Mir Zahidul Haque Rony said Nurnabi, a night watchman from Basurhat municipality, had filed a lawsuit against the municipal building for damaging the municipal building on Tuesday night. Hundreds of names have been mentioned and more than 100 anonymous people have been charged. Previously, the police filed a case as a plaintiff.
It is worth mentioning that the situation throughout upazila has been volatile for the past month and a half or two due to a dispute between Abdul Quader Mirza, younger brother of the secretary general of the Awami League, and Obaidul Quader, deputy from the Companiganj constituency. On February 19, a shooting took place between supporters of Abdul Quader Mirza and Mizanur Rahman Badal in Chaprashirhat Bazar in Companyganj. Journalist Burhan Uddin Muzakkir was shot at that time. He later died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on the night of February 20. Subsequently, clashes and shootings took place between the two sides at the facilities of the Basurhat de la upazila municipality around 9 pm on Tuesday. A Juba League activist named Alauddin was shot and killed in the incident. In addition, some 50 people were injured, including 10 who were shot.
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