Bagha Jatin statue vandalism: 3 including Jubo League man placed on 3-day remand

A Kushtia court on Monday placed three people including a local leader of Awami League’s youth front Jubo League on three-day remand each in connection with a case filed for vandalising a sculpture of British revolutionary leader Bagha Jatin in the district town.

Kushtia Senior Judicial Magistrate Selima Khatun passed the order after the accused were produced before her court for hearing this afternoon.

Rakibul Hasan, a sub-inspector of Kumarkhali Police Station who is investigation office of the case, yesterday placed the accused before the court seeking seven days remand for each in this connection.

The accused are Anisur Rahman, 35, president of Jubo League’s Kaya Union unit, Sabuj Hossain, 20, and Hridoy Ahmed, 20.

Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested the three people following a case filed with Kumarkhali Police Station.

Tanvir Arafath, superintendent of police in Kushtia while addressing a press conference at his office on Saturday, said another accused Bachchu went into hiding after the vandalism and police carried out raids at all possible hideouts in the area to arrest him.

Some miscreants vandalised the statue of Bagha Jatin on the Kaya College premises in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Thursday night and Harun-ur Rashid, principal of the college, filed the case.

During the press conference, the police official said Anisur had a feud with the college authority and thus, he (Anisur) along with his associates went on the vandalism.

Jatindranath Mukherjee, popularly known as Bagha Jatin, born in Kaya village, was one of the British revolutionary leaders. The statue had been set up in front of the college with a view to uphold his memory.

Earlier, miscreants vandalised under construction sculpture of Bangabandhu at the Panchrasta intersection of Kushtia town on December 4.

Law enforces arrested two teachers and two students of a local madrasa and sent them to jail in this connection.

Following the vandalism, security measures have been beefed up in and around the area so that no one can go for such activities.