A murder attempt case has been filed against former Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, naming him as the prime accused, along with 74 others, including Rafiqur Islam Rafiq in Narayanganj's Rupganj.
The case alleges that Ayub Ali was shot with a pistol and attacked with sharp weapons in an attempt to kill him.
The victim, Ayub Ali, filed the case with Rupganj Police Station on Wednesday afternoon. Zobayer Hossain, Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Rupganj Police Station, confirmed the matter.
According to the case statement, 59 named individuals and 10-15 unidentified individuals have been accused. Apart from Golam Dastagir Gazi, the other accused include his son and Gazi Group Director Golam Mortuza Pappa, Rafiqul Islam Rafiq, Mizanur Rahman Mizan, Nafiz Iqbal, Chanpara Union Parishad member Shamsher Ali, Upazila Swechchhasebak League President Iman Hasan Khokon, and General Secretary Alomgir Hossain.
The case statement mentions that on the evening of 5 August, as Ayub Ali reached in front of Manik Mia’s house in the Chanpara Rehabilitation Centre area, the accused blocked his way. Ayub Ali was brutally assaulted. Later, he was seriously injured by a stab wound in his abdomen, causing his intestines to spill out. At one point, the accused shot him in the abdomen and both legs with a pistol. Locals rescued him and admitted him to Era Hospital in Dhaka’s Kakrail.
Earlier on Sunday (25 August), former Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police from Shantinagar area of the capital. He was later shown as arrested in a murder cases filed with Rupganj Police Station in Narayanganj. The Narayanganj Magistrate Court then granted a six-day remand for him.
On the same day, another case was filed by a woman, Nurunnahar Begum, against former Golam Dastagir Gazi and his Personal Secretary Emdadul Haque, along with 18 others, accusing them of vandalising and looting houses in Rupganj’s Chanpara.
Meanwhile, sources said that former chairman of Rupganj’s Kayetpara Union and chairman of Rongdhonu Group, Rafiqul Islam Rafiq has a dozen cases against him for fraud, breach of trust and forgery. Despite having arrest warrants in different cases, he has continued to move freely, remaining a close associate of former Textile and Jute Minister and ex-local MP Golam Dastagir Gazi. Allegations suggest that Gazi and Rafiq have established a reign of crime in Rupganj.
Victims claimed that for a long time, Rupganj has been under the rule of land grabbing, murder, and looting, directly under the protection of the Gazi family and Rafiq. The people of the area seek relief from this situation.
Gazi and Rafiq ruled Rupganj with iron fist
Locals said that Gazi family and Rafiq have done everything from harbouring armed criminals and terrorists to maintaining control over their stronghold. Their names are associated with drug trafficking, terrorism, abduction, murder, and land grabbing. Anyone who protests against them faces lawsuits, attacks, and physical torture.
Gazi and Rafiq also have multiple sensitive allegations against them, including land grabbing and orchestrating kidnappings and murders through their terror squads. Over the past few years, their reign of terror in Rupganj has been so extreme that many families have been forced to leave the area due to their atrocities.
Rafiq also accused in Yasin murder case in Fatullah
A murder case has been filed in Fatullah over the death of Yasin, 18, against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former MP Shamim Osman and 220 others, with an additional 120 unidentified individuals. Rafiq is one of the accused in the case.
The victim's brother Md Shipon filed the case with the Fatullah Model Police Station on Tuesday night. According to the case details, on 19 July, during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in front of SB Garments in Fatullah's Delpara area, the accused opened fire and a bullet fired by Ayon Osman struck and killed Yasin Mia, Daily Sun reports.
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