A case has been filed against 20 people over firing at three people including  Mirsarai’s Baraiyahat  municipality mayor Rezaul Karim Khokon following a dispute over sand lifting from the Feni River.

A case was filed at Sonagazi model police station accusing 12 people including main accused Fazilpur UP chairman Mozibul Haque Ripon and eight anonymous people on Friday night, said Khaled Hossain Daiyan, officer-in-charge of Sonagazi model police station.

The case was registered following a complaint lodged by Mizanur Rahman of Osmanpur union in Mirsarai, he said.

The other accused are Belal Prakash alias Killer Belal, suspected shooter Mostaq, Saiful, Nur Hossain, Dish Palash, suspected shooter Rizel, Shakil, Rahul, Masud Uddin, Mohsin Opu, and Monjurul karim Ridon, said the OC.

Of them, Saiful and Shakil were arrested in a drive on Friday night and efforts are on to arrest the other accused, he said.

According to the case statement, the accused were demanding a large amount of extortion money from the plaintiff as he was excavating sand from the  Boro Feni River to fill the land of under-construction Power Distribution Centre at Korer hat under Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB).

When Baraiyarhat municipality mayor Khokon went to the spot to talk on the matter Friday noon, terrorists hired by accused Mozibul Haque Ripon started firing at him without any provocation, said the plaintiff.

Mayor Khokon and two others suffered bullet wounds during the firing and the accused also snatched four cell phones from them.

According to Khokon’s son Imtiaz Karim, he went underwent a surgery to remove the bullet at Chattogram Medical College Hospital while the condition of other injured- Ashok Sen and Dukhu Mia-remained stable, he said.

Jakir Hasan, Superintendent of police (Feni circle) said surveillance has been increased near the Boro Feni River area after the incident.