Tag Archive: Chapai Nawabganj

May 11

Quran Day: A legacy of blood and impunity

The 11th of May every year is commemorated in Bangladesh every year as “Quran Day”. On the 11th of May, 1985, police forces, under the orders of magistrate Molla Wahiduzzaman, opened fire upon Quran loving protesters at Chapai Nawabganj in Bangladesh, killing 8 innocent people. Despite a huge wave of nationwide protests against this barbaric …

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Jan 22

Chhatra Dal activist Motiur Rahman victim of extrajudicial killing at Chapai Nawabganj

Motiur Rahman, a Chatra Dal leader, was killed on 16th January, 2015, in Kansat, Chapai-Nawabganj, after being held by RAB, in another instance of extra judicial killing during the ongoing political turmoil amidst a widescale security operation by combined forces in Chapai-Nawabganj. Son of Montu Ali, the deceased was the vice president of Shyampur Union …

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