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Police say investigations have begun but no arrests have been made yet
Published : 05 Mar 2025, 02:38 AM
Two cases have been filed over the clash between Bangladesh Air Force personnel and local residents near the Cox’s Bazar the Cox’s Bazar Air Force base that led to the death of a young man.
One case was lodged by the victim’s father, Md Nasir Uddin, while the other was filed by the Air Force.
Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station chief Elias Khan told journalists on Tuesday evening that the Air Force filed its case on Feb 27, three days after the incident.
The victim’s father lodged his case on Monday afternoon.
Both cases are under investigation, but no arrests have been made so far, the officer-in-charge, or OC, said.
Details of the cases surfaced publicly on Tuesday afternoon when the deputy commissioner visited Samiti Para, a neighbourhood in Ward No 1 of Cox’s Bazar Municipality, adjacent to the airbase.
Locals learned about the developments at that time.
The clash occurred on Feb 24 in Samiti Para, where local residents engaged in a confrontation with Air Force personnel.
Stones were thrown, and a running battle ensued. Gunshots were also fired during the altercation.
A businessman named Shihab Kabir Nahid, 30, was killed in the incident.
According to the OC, the Air Force’s case was filed by Sergeant Md Ziaul Haque.
It names two locals—Rahat Iqbal, also known as Iqbal Bahar, and Ejabat Ullah—as accused, along with 300 unidentified people.
Shihab’s father Nasir did not name any suspects in his complaint.
Explaining the delay in filing, he said in the First Information Report, or FIR, that he was physically and mentally shattered and bedridden after burying his son.
On Tuesday evening, he said: “My case statement is my mourning, my grief for my son. Cox’s Bazar has no sitting MP, but there are former MPs. There are so many political parties, civil society members, citizens’ organisations—has anyone expressed condolences? Has anyone protested?
“They have done nothing. And I am just an ordinary man! Who killed my son must be found out!”
The victim’s father also said he was yet to receive the post-mortem report.
Earlier, he had raised objections to his son’s death certificate issued by the hospital and the inquest report prepared by police.
