A Gaibandha court yesterday issued arrest warrants against ten people, including nine cops and manager of Sonali Bank's local branch for assaulting four employees of Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court.

After recording the case, SM Taskimul Haque, Judge of Gaibandha Sadar Cognizance Court, issued the arrest warrants.

The accused are, Mohammad Ayeshuddin, manager of Sonali Bank's local branch, Ahmed Raziur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, Ayub Hossain, assistant sub-inspector, and constables Saddam, Shahinur, Saimon, Abdullah, Bablu and Rakib of the same police station, and Rakib Hossain, sub-inspector of Gaibandha DB Police.

According to the case statement, on July 2, Kamol Chowdhury and three other employees of the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court went to the local branch of Sonali Bank and deposited salary cheques of the court's employees in the morning and left the bank after collecting counter tokens.

Around 3:00pm they went to the bank again to collect the cash but the bank officials denied to pay the cash, saying that scheduled time was over.

At this, an altercation took place between the two sides. At one stage, the security guards of the bank confined them to the manager's room and informed the police.

Being informed, police rushed to the spot and beat up Kamol and his three colleagues, leaving them injured.

Kamol filed a case with Gaibandha Sadar Cognizance Court the same day.