Police have arrested Hifazat leader and former Sunamganj-3 MP Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury in Sylhet.
Shahinur was taken into custody around 12:45 am on Friday from the city’s Bankalapara area, near the Abbasi Jamme Mosque by a team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
“A CID team from Dhaka detained him,” Sylhet Airport Police chief Khan Mohammad Moinul Zakir said.
“He was taken to Dhaka straight away.”
Shahinur, the central vice president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh, was the legal affairs secretary of the recently disbanded Hifazat central committee.
Shahinur was arrested over his participation in recent violence, said CID Additional Superintendent of Police Jishanul Haque.
In addition to violence in Sunamganj, he is also accused of inciting and aiding anti-state activities.
The police official said that he provided anti-state criminals with legal help.
Shahinur would be brought before a Brahmanbaria court on Friday, he added.
Source:bdnews24.com
