Our Correspondent :
Companiganj upazila unit Awami League Organising Secretary Mizanur Rahman Badal has been picked by some plainclothes men, claimed family members.
The former chairman of the upazila was reportedly picked up from in front of Noakhali Press Club around 4pm Thursday.
Badal’s wife Selina Akter Kakuli said he went to district town Maijdee at noon from where some plainclothed men picked him up into a car.
Char Elahi Union Parishad Chairman Abdur Razzaque, who was with Mizanur Rahman Badal, said they were passing in front of the press club in the afternoon. At that time, Badal was taken away in a car.
However, District Detective Police Inspector Muhammad Abu Hussain Khan said police had not arrested anyone by that name.
Earlier on Wednesday night, a Chhatra League leader named Arifur Rahman filed a case naming 97 people on allegations of two attacks — one on a Women’s Day programme organised by Bashurhat Municipality Mayor Quader Mirza and another one on his supporters at Bashurhat Bangabandhu Chattar.
Mizanur Rahman Badad was made no 3 accused in the case along with 150 to 200 more unnamed accused.
