UNB, Dhaka :
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Thursday arrested another top leader of Hefazat-e-Islam in connection with the vandalism carried out by the outfit’s supporters across the country against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh visit last month.
Acting on a tip-off, a RAB team picked up
Khaled Syfullah Ayubi, assistant secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam’s central unit, from Singair upazila of Manikganj district in the early hours, sources told UNB.
On Wednesday, three top Hefazat-e-Islam leaders were arrested from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur and Kafrul areas.
They were identified as Mawlana Khurshid Alam Kasemi, nayeb-e-ameer of Khilafat Majlish and vice-president of Hefazat-e-Islam, Maulana Ataullah Amin, assistant general secretary of Hefazat’s Dhaka city unit and joint secretary general of Bangladesh Khilafat Majlish, and Mufti Sharafat Hossain, joint general secretary of Khilafat Majlish.
Iftekharul Islam, additional deputy commissioner (media) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the arrests.
On Tuesday, Mawlana Qurban Ali Kasemi, vice-president of Hefazat-e-Islam and joint secretary general of Khilafat Majlish, was also arrested from Dhaka’s Basabo.
On April 18, Hefazat’s joint secretary general Mamunul Haq was arrested from a Mohammadpur madrasa.
Many top Hefazat leaders have been arrested recently following vandalism and arson carried out by the organisation’s supporters across the country against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh visit last month.
Other arrested leaders include Hefazat’s Dhaka city unit president Junaid Al-Habib, vice-president Maulana Jubair Ahmed; assistant general secretary Jalaluddin Ahmed, assistant publicity secretary Sharifullah and organising secretary Azizul Haque Islamabadi.
