40 AL men held from gathering in Sylhet
Arrestees include five expatriate leaders
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
At least 40 Awami League men, including five leaders of the party's UK and Canada units, were picked up from a gathering at a house in Bateshwar area in Sylhet yesterday afternoon and later sent to jail at night. Sources said they were sent to jail through the Cognisance Magistrate Court-1. The arrestees include, Sylhet city AL General Secretary Advocate Misbah Uddin Siraj, Joint Secretary of AL UK unit Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, City Corporation's Ward Commissioner and Joint secretary of district Juba League Abdul Khalique, district Chhatra League President Jaglu Chowdhury, former president of district Chhatra League Shafiul Alam Nadel, former general secretary of district Chhatra league Nasir Uddin Khan, City Juba League President-Advocate Syed Shamim Ahmed, city Chhatra League Convenor Habibur Rahman Selim, Juba League leader Asaduzzaman Asad, AL leader Prince Sadruzzaman, Canada AL chief Sarwar Hossain, UK AL leaders Syed Sazedur Rahman Faruque, Sultan Sharif, Mojahid Ali Sohel and Professor Abul Quashem. The joint forcers picked up the AL men from a house belonging to Shiplu Chowdhury, a nephew of Awami League UK unit Joint Secretary Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury. The arrestees were handed over to the Kotwali police last night. Police said the AL men were arrested for holding a meeting, defying ban on political activities under Emergency Power Rules. When contacted, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station said the arrestees will be charged with violating the emergency rules. However, some of the arrestees said it was not a political gathering. They claimed that they attended a milad mahfil at the house and had lunch with the AL leaders, who came from UK with AL President Sheikh Hasina.
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