Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted a charge sheet against 90 people in a case filed for attacking the village of Santals in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on November 6, 2016 which left three indigenous people dead.

Former Sapmara Union Parishad Chairman Shakil Akhand Bulbul and union parishad member Shah Alam are among the charge-sheeted accused, PBI Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abdul Hai confirmed it.

The ASP submitted the charge sheet before the court of Gobindaganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Partha Bhadra today.

So far, 25 people have been arrested in the case and one of them has already given confessional statements before court," he said.

On November 6, 2016, a tripartite clash broke out between the Santals, staff of Rangpur Sugar Mills, and police over the eviction of the indigenous people from the disputed land at Shahebganj cane farm of Rangpur Sugar Mills . The clash left three Santal men dead and 20 others, including nine policemen, injured.

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