Police move underway to dispose off cases against Hefajat leaders

The police have taken the initiative to speedily dispose of 203 cases filed against the activists of

Hefajat-e Islam, a Qawmi madrasa-based organisation of Bangladesh.
 
At least 10 leaders of Hefajat were granted bail in  one month.
They will be released anytime, said Hefajat's leaders.

But, Maulana Mamunul Haque, a former Joint Secretary General of Hefazat Islam, would not be  released

now as no positive attitude of the government was found about freeing him on bail.
This happened as he embarrasses the government with his utterances.

The police filed a case against Mamunul Haque  with Sonargaon police station in Narayanganj, on the

allegation that he had raped Jannat Ara Jharna.

Mamunul Haque says that Jannat Ara is his second wife.

The police sued him under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

According to the case docket, Jharna met Mamunul in 2005 as he was a close friend of her former

husband Maulana Shahidul Islam. Before meeting Mamunul, the couple was leading happy life.

On May 5, 2013, the leaders and activists of Hefajat-e Islam gathered at Shapla Square at Motijheel.
On that day violence occurred across the capital and  spread  to seven districts including

Narayanganj, Bagerhat, Brahmanbaria.
 
Over these incidents, 53 cases were filed in seven districts including Dhaka
Out of 53 cases, 49 cases are pending.

On March 26, 2021, Hefazat leaders and activists clashed with the Awami League and the police in the

Baitul Mukarram National Mosque area in the capital.

At least 154 cases were filed against Hefajat men and at least 1,230 people, 30 of them top Hefajat

leaders including Mamunul Haque.

According to the police headquarters, 203 cases of violence are still pending against Hefajat leaders.
A central leader of Hefazat told the daily Observer that at a meeting with high officials of the

government  on December 17, a Hefajat delegation of 11 members led by Senior Naib Amir Maulana

Muhammad Yahya took part.

The meeting lasted for about 70 minutes. Several demands were discussed in the meeting including

proposals to the Prime Minister to release the leaders by withdrawing cases and also madrassa

education.

A senior officer of the police headquarters said verbal instructions have been received to settle the

cases against the Hefajat-e Islam.