2 cops set fire to Gaibandha Santals’ house: Report

The involvement of two police personnel -- a sub-inspector (SI) and constable -- in setting fire to Santal houses in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha have been found.

The probe report has been submitted before the High Court bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Krishna Debnath through Deputy Attorney General Motahar Hossain Saju on Thursday.

According to the report, the involved two police personnel are SI (Detective Branch) Mahbubur Rahman and Constable Sazzad Hossain of Gobindaganj Police Station.

At least three Santal men were killed and 27 people, including nine policemen, injured following a clash with law enforcers and workers of Rangpur Sugar Mill in Gobindaganj upazila on November 6.


The clash broke out when workers of Rangpur Sugar Mills along with police went to Bagda Farm area to reclaim land of the sugar mill allegedly occupied by the Santal community.