Narayanganj police yesterday refused to record an attempted murder case against some local leaders and activists of Awami League and its front organisations in connection with the January 16 attack on city Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy.
However, Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station recoded a general diary in this regard.
GMA Sattar, law affairs officer of Narayanganj City Corporation, went to the police station to file the case. As police refused to record it, he lodged the GD against nine leaders and activists of AL and its front organisations and around 1,000 unnamed people.
Asked why police didn't record the case, Mostafizur Rahman, additional superintendent of Narayanganj police, told The Daily Star that they were collecting necessary information and evidence regarding the GD.
Ivy and around 50 others were injured as supporters of local AL lawmaker Shamim Osman attacked the mayor's followers, leading to a clash on Bangabandhu Road in the city's Chashara area on January 16 over eviction of hawkers from footpaths.
Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station, said although they didn't record the case, top police officials would take necessary legal actions after carrying out an investigation.
However, a criminal law expert said the GD should have been registered as a regular case and immediate steps should have been taken to arrest the accused.
Recording it as a GD means police were attaching less importance to the incident, he said.
Niyajul Islam, who brandished a firearm during the incident, has been named in the GD as the main accused.
The other named accused are Narayanganj city AL Joint Secretary Shah Nizam, Organising Secretary Zakirul Alam Helal, city Jubo League president Shahdat Hossain Sanju, Narayanganj city Sheccha Sebok League President Juwel Hossain, city Jubo League President Shahadat Hossain Sajnu, district Chhatra League President Mojinur Rahman Sujon, AL leaders Nasir Uddin and Chanchal Mahmud.
IVY RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
Narayanganj Mayor Ivy was released from a hospital in the capital yesterday, five days after she was admitted to the hospital for treatment.
“I never received so much love in my life. I don't need anything else,” she told journalists at the hospital yesterday.
She returned to her Deovogh home in Narayanganj city around 2:00pm after offering prayers at her father's grave.
She was admitted to the Coronary Care Unit of Labaid Hospital after her blood pressure had dropped in the afternoon of January 18.
The following day, one of her physicians said Ivy suffered a brain haemorrhage.
