CHANDINA (COMILLA): Joint forces detained seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, including the party’s Chandina upazila unit amir, in suspicion of Wednesday petrol bomb attack in Chandina of Comilla district.

The Jamaat men were detained in drives conducted from Wednesday afternoon to night in Chandina and Debidwar upazilas of the district.

The detainees include Chandina upazila unit amir Maulana Abul Bashar, Barkamta union unit Jamaat president Maulana Rafiqul Islam, Mahib Ullah, his brother Obaed Ullah, Faruk Hossain and Nayan of Chandina upazila and Razzak Hossain of Sudharam in Noakhali.

Chandina Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Rasul Ahmed Nizami told banglanews that police filed a case accusing 14 named and 20 unnamed persons in Wednesday petrol bomb attack.

However, joint forces nabbed seven among them, he added.

BDST: 1956 HRS, JUN 04, 2015
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** Petrol bomb burns 7