Police arrest three for attack on Bauls in Chuadanga

Police have arrested three people for an attack on Baul singers in Chuadanga.

Three Bauls or mystic singers, including a couple, came under attack early on Sunday at village in the southwest district.

According to one of the victims Bulu Begum, the men barged into the Akhra (place where Bauls stay) and started beating them with iron rods.

The Akhra’s owner Shahidul Islam filed a case against seven to eight unidentified men with the police on Sunday night, said local police OC Humayaun Kabir.

He said police arrested three persons the same night.

They have been identified as Ariful Islam, 22, Shahed Ali, 30 and Jamat Ali, 40.