Five individuals have been arrested for harassing Abdul Hai Kanu, a valiant freedom fighter, by forcibly placing a garland of shoes around his neck in Chauddagram, Cumilla. Later, they were presented before the court under Section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
Chauddagram Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) ATM Akhtar-Uz-Zaman confirmed the matter on Tuesday (December 24) afternoon.
The arrested individuals are Ismail Hossain Majumder (43) and Md Jamal Uddin Majumder (58) from Kuliyara village in Chauddagram. Ilias Bhuiyan (58), Abul Kalam Azad (48), an imam of Kuliyara Mosque from Raikot village in Nangalkot, and Imtiaz Abdullah Sajjad (19) from Chandpur District Sadar.
According to the OC, since no formal case has been filed in this regard, the arrested individuals were presented to the court under Section 54. They were identified through viral social media video footage of the incident. Police teams are actively conducting operations to apprehend other suspects involved.
