Police have arrested BNP Standing Committee members Moudud Ahmed, MK Anwar and Rafiqul Islam Mia, hours after the 18-Party alliance declared a 72-hour nationwide shutdown starting from Sunday.
Published : 08 Nov 2013, 08:19 PM
Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman confirmed their arrest on Friday night.
“They have been arrested based on substantial allegation. They will be presented in court on Saturday,” he said, speaking to bdnews24.com.
But the city police’s spokesperson would not give details as to whether the three leaders would be sued or whether they were shown arrested in an old case.
The law enforcers, meanwhile, had surrounded the Gulshan office of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia since the afternoon.
Moudud’s APS Shahidul Islam said the BNP MP was at Karwan Bazar when police came and whisked him away. He attended a programme at the Sonargaon Hotel at the evening, Islam said.
“Police stopped his car around 8:10pm when he was on his way home and took him in a SUV towards the DB headquarters.”