Case Claiming July Uprising Injury Turns Out to Be Road Accident
1-Click Audio Report (Universal Voice)
A case filed by Zafar Ahmed claiming he was injured during the July movement was actually the result of a motorcycle accident, according to a police investigation. Police found that he fabricated the allegations to settle a dispute over control of a family-run madrasa in Madaripur. The investigation officer has submitted a final report recommending the discharge of all accused persons.
- Plaintiff Zafar Ahmed filed a case against 13 named individuals and 150-200 unidentified persons claiming injury in the July movement.
- Police probe revealed he was actually injured in a motorcycle accident at Bijoy Sarani on July 28, 2024.
- The case was concocted to frame teachers and rivals over a dispute regarding control of a madrasa in Madaripur.
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A lawsuit filed by a man named Zafar Ahmed claiming he was severely injured by Awami League activists during the July student-public movement has unraveled as a fabricated claim. Ahmed had alleged that he was beaten up near Mohammadpur bus stand and suffered leg injuries requiring surgery, filing a case against 13 named individuals and up to 200 unidentified persons. However, a police investigation revealed that he was actually injured in a road accident involving his motorcycle at Bijoy Sarani intersection.
According to the police final report, the roots of the dispute lie in Madaripur's Shibchar, where the plaintiff's father founded 'Al-Jamiatul Islamia Qawmi Madrasa' in 1970. Following the founder's death, a bitter dispute erupted between Zafar Ahmed, his mother, elder brother, and madrasa staff over administrative control. After being removed from his position by relatives and locals, Ahmed allegedly devised the July movement injury narrative to implicate the institution's teachers and staff in a criminal case on March 15, 2025.
Investigating Officer SI Akramuzzaman of Mohammadpur Police Station explained that medical records, phone calls, and movement gazettes clearly demonstrated Ahmed's injuries stemmed from a morning motorcycle collision on July 28, 2024. Furthermore, none of the named accused were present in Dhaka at the time. Madrasa teacher Helal Uddin, an accused in the case, stated that when Ahmed arrived at the madrasa in a wheelchair following the road accident, the teachers themselves helped carry him upstairs, only to be framed later.
Concluding that the case was entirely motivated by personal hostility and aimed at harassing the madrasa staff, the police submitted a final report recommending the full discharge of all defendants. A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court has scheduled November 2 for the next hearing on the report. The fabrication of uprising-related cases for settling personal scores has sparked strong reactions among locals and legal observers.
“Using the historic sacrifices of the July uprising as a cover for settling petty personal and property disputes severely undermines the sanctity of the movement. Fabricating claims of political violence to seize control of a madrasa highlights a concerning trend of weaponizing post-movement legal mechanisms. The thorough police probe that exposed the motorcycle accident spared innocent educators from prolonged harassment, underscoring the vital need to penalize false complainants and safeguard the integrity of the judicial process.”
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