2 more arrested over attacks on Santals

Police on Friday night arrested two more people for their alleged involvement in the attacks on the Santal people in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha.

The law enforcers arrested them in overnight drives at Tarofkamal village under the upazila, raising the total number of arrests in the case to 10.

The arrestees are Sarwar Hossain, 40, and Akrar Ali, 50, residents of the village, said Subrata Kumar Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj Police Station.

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.