Jamaat leader held for 'plotting sabotage'

Police have arrested the deputy registrar of Bangladesh Islamic University's Dhaka campus for allegedly plotting sabotage.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 31 Jan 2015, 03:56 AM
Updated : 31 Jan 2015, 03:56 AM

Shamsur Rahman, also a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, was picked up at the capital's Mugda locality on Friday night.

Police claimed he had masterminded and financed many cases of arson, vandalism and explosions during the BNP-led alliance's ongoing transport blockade.

The violent agitation that began on Jan 5 has claimed at least 40 lives.