<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">A Sunamganj court on Monday sent former planning minister MA Mannan to jail after rejecting a bail petition in a case over the attacks on students and people during the recent student-led movement in the district.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunamganj Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Nirjan Mitra passed the order after hearing the prayer for bail, said the plaintiff’s lawyer Mashuk Alam.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Law enforcement agencies arrested the former minister from his residence in Shantiganj area under Jagannathpur upazila on September 19.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was accused in the case filed by one Hafiz Ali, brother of a victim who was injured in clashes with the law enforcers and Awami League supporters in the district on August 4.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, the district witnessed a mixed reaction over the arrest of the former minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A group of people staged demonstration for the release of Mannan while another group opposed it demanding punishment of the former minister and accused him of amassing illegal wealth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Sunday, some students under the banner of general students took position in front of Shantiganj upazila parishad along Sunamganj-Sylhet road, demanding release of Mannan.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Pagla Bazar of the upazil, another group of students formed a human chain demanding an exemplary punishment of the former minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>