Staff Reporter:
A case has been filed against 350-400 people in connection with the attack on The Daily Star office building at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital on Friday.
Mizanur Rahman, head of operations at the Daily Star, filed the case with Tejgaon police station on Monday night.
According to the case statement, the attackers carrying local weapons, sticks, and flammable materials, gathered outside The Daily Star building around 12:25am and chanted provocative slogans against the newspaper.
Around 12:35am, the group forcibly broke steel gates and glass doors to enter the premises.
They assaulted staff, vandalised office property, looted valuables, and set fire to furniture and docu-ments.
More than 200 computers, laptops, cameras, printers, and other electronic equipment were damaged or destroyed. Besides, around Tk 35 lakh in cash stored in several lockers was looted.
The assailants set fire to the ground, second, and third floors of the building, severely damaging assets and documents.
After the attack, the Daily Star was forced to suspend its print edition on December 19, and its online operations were halted for 17 hours, it added.
