11 Rickshaw Pullers Remanded for Attack on Police Box

The court granted two-day remand to 11 battery-operated rickshaw pullers arrested in connection with the attack on the police box in Mirpur of the capital. Today Saturday (October 15) Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khair Jessy's Court gave this order. Deputy Inspector Asaduzzaman, General Registration Officer of the concerned court confirmed this information.

Earlier, 13 rickshaw pullers arrested in connection with the attack on the police box were produced in court. After that, the investigating officer of the case applied to remand each of them for seven days for the purpose of investigating the case.

After the hearing, the court remanded 11 people for two days. However, the court rejected the remand of the other two rickshaw pullers and ordered them to be sent to jail.

It is known that yesterday Friday (October 14) in Mirpur of the capital, angry rickshaw pullers attacked five traffic police boxes simultaneously during the police operation against battery-operated rickshaws. A policeman named Mizanur Rahman was injured.

A case has been filed at Pallabi police station alleging obstruction of police work and waste of government property in this incident.

Earlier, the police seized two battery-powered rickshaws on the main road of Pallabi on Friday morning (October 14). Later the rickshaw pullers got together and attacked five traffic police boxes in Mirpur. They pelted bricks and stones and vandalized the police box.