The police on Monday night filed a case against 43 named people and 200 to 300 unidentified individuals over the attack on a joint forces camp at Jungle Salimpur in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.
The case was filed by Faujdarhat police outpost inspector Sohel Rana with Sitakunda police station, said the station officer-in-charge, Mohammad Mohinul Islam.
Police said that 42 people, including five arrested from the spot and listed criminal Yasin, were named in the case, while 200 to 300 unidentified people were also accused.
The case was filed under several sections, including charges of obstructing government duties, vandalising government property and violations of the Explosives Act, the OC said.
According to police, criminals launched a three-pronged attack on the joint forces camp at around 1:00am on Monday after cutting roads at several points along the main route.
A gunfight between the attackers and law enforcement personnel continued for about two hours. A camp under construction was also vandalised during the attack.
Law enforcers stationed at the site, local residents and workers involved in the camp construction said the attackers brought an excavator on a truck to carry out the assault, while others arrived on motorcycles.
They said the attackers launched the assault from the east, west and south sides of Alinagar School, hurling brickbats and opening heavy fire.
Earlier, on March 9, the government took control of Jungle Salimpur through a joint forces operation involving around 3,200 members of the army, RAB, police and Border Guard Bangladesh.
According to officials of the Chattogram district administration, several thousand illegal settlements had been built on government hills and khas land in the remote Jungle Salimpur hilly area over the past four decades following illegal occupation.
Officials said the area had long been considered a safe haven for hill cutters, land grabbers and armed criminals.
Jungle Salimpur spans around 3,100 acres of land. According to district administration officials, land along the link road is valued at about Tk 9 lakh to Tk 10 lakh per decimal, placing the estimated value of the occupied government khas land at around Tk 30,000 crore.
