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Two Jamaat leaders among 81 held in Bagerhat

Friday, 2 November 2018


Police arrested 81 people, including two Jamaat leaders, from different places of Bagerhat early Friday.

The arrested Jamaat leaders are Mohidul Islam, 35, ameer of Betaga union unit Jamaat in Fakirhat upazila, and Aslam Sheikh (48), secretary of ward-4 unit of Jamaat under Fakirhat union.

Tipped off that a group of Jamaat-Shibir men was planning acts of sabotage, police conducted a drive in Fakirhat upazila headquarters and arrested the two Jamaat leaders, said Pankaj Roy, police super of the district.

The rest were arrested from different places of the district, he said, reports UNB.