Invitation to Jamaat leaders in V-Day function protested

Dumuria upazila administration arranged the function.

Nurul Islam Manik, commander of Dumuria upazila unit of Muktijoddha Sangsad, has been invited to be the chief guest while upazila Jamaat Ameer Shaikh Nazrul Islam and party leader Golam Haider have been named special guests at the function.

Dumuria upazila Awami League president and former lawmaker Narayan Chandra Chanda said Jamaat leaders Shaikh Nazrul Islam and Golam Haider killed freedom fighter Ashim Das during Liberation War and helped Pakistani occupation forces to kill many others in Dumuria.

The Awami League leader said the Dumuria UNO included many Jamaat men in the committee formed for observance of Victory Day. The upazila administration is still being guided by former Jamaat lawmaker Mian Golam Parwar, Narayan Chandra alleged.

Meanwhile, members of Dumuria upazila unit of Mukti-joddha Sangsad have expressed their firm determination to prevent Jamaat leaders from attending tomorrow's function.

Dumuria upazila UNO Idris Siddiqui, when asked, said he was not aware of any information about killing of freedom fighter by Jamaat leaders Nazrul Islam and Golam Haider. I joined Dumuria as UNO only a week back, he said.

When contacted, the two Jamaat leaders denied allegation of their involvement in anti-liberation activities during 1971 and killing of freedom fighter Ashim Das.