Shariful Islam Sharif, 45, upazila unit joint convener of Bangladesh Swechchhasebak League, has been arrested and sent to jail in connection with an attack during the July-August protests in Ishwardi, Pabna.
Ishwardi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) ASM Abdun Nur said on Thursday that Sharif was sent to Pabna District Jail after appearing before a court.
Earlier, around Wednesday midnight, Ishwardi police, with assistance from Pabna District Detective Branch (DB), conducted a raid at a house in Eidgah Para and arrested Shariful.
Ishwardi police Sub-Inspector (SI) Sharifuzzaman said, “Sharif is the 75th accused in the case filed over the 4 August attack on students and locals at Dashuria traffic mor in Ishwardi last year. He was arrested following a tip-off.”
Sharif is known as a close associate of Nuruzzaman Biswas, former lawmaker of Pabna-4 (Ishwardi-Atgharia) and vice president of Pabna District Awami League.
Locals said that during his time as MP, Sharif, claiming to be Nuruzzaman Biswas’s nephew, was repeatedly in the spotlight for alleged extortion, looting, and exerting influence in the area.
