Accused with arrest warrant puts up banned Awami League’s posters in front of police station gate

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An accused facing arrest warrants in cases put up posters of the Awami League, whose activities are banned, while standing in front of a police station gate. The same posters were pasted not only on the thana gate but also on the upazila parishad premises. Enayet Hossain Howlader, general secretary of Kalkini municipal Awami League and former municipal mayor, openly carried out this activity in Kalkini of Madaripur on Saturday morning. Later, he also circulated photos and videos of putting up the posters on his own Facebook page.

Local sources and eyewitnesses said Enayet Hossain Howlader pasted posters at several other places including the Kalkini upazila parishad premises on Saturday morning. He then went to the Kalkini thana gate area, where posters of the Awami League, the party whose activities are banned, were also put up. The incident of putting up posters in this way in public and in front of important government establishments has created widespread discussion among locals.

According to police sources, there are multiple cases against Enayet Hossain Howlader at different police stations in Madaripur including Kalkini. Among them is a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act, and there are arrest warrants against him in several cases. In such a situation, the incident of his appearing in public after a long time and putting up posters at the thana gate and the upazila parishad premises has given rise to various questions locally.

Madaripur Superintendent of Police Md Fazle Elahi said the matter is under their watch and efforts are under way to arrest him.