CHITTAGONG, May 13: Kotwali police filed a case against 21 arrested leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami Chittagong city unit under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The leaders include Ameer of the unit ANM Shamsul Islam and secretary Nazrul Islam. Those arrested include assistant professor of Chittagong University Dr Habibur Rahman, employee of Chittagong Port Authority Abdul Hakim, employee of BCSIR ABM Moniruzzaman, and Patenga Islamia Madrasa teacher Abdul Motaleb.
Sub-inspector of Kotwali police station Imam Hossain filed the case on Monday night. He said the police arrested the Jamaat leaders from a secret meeting in its city office in the Dewanji Pukur area and seized one and a half kilograms of potash, two litres of petrol and 60 empty bottles on Monday evening.
Protesting the arrest, Jamaat's Chittagong unit has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Wednesday in five districts of greater Chittagong. The districts are Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari.
Nazrul Islam, organizing secretary of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, has also been arrested. The police have also raided Chittagong Govt College and Haji Mohsin Govt College and arrested three suspecting activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir.
Leaders of the opposition party BNP condemned the arrest of Jamaat leaders and activists saying the government has turned the country into a jail by arresting opposition activists.
The statement was signed by BNP vice chairman M Morshed Khan and Abdullah al Noman, president of Chittagong city BNP Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, BNP chairperson's advisor Mir Nasir Uddin and BNP organising secretary Golam Akbar Khondakar, among others.
Meanwhile, Chittagong Metropolitan Police and district police have taken special security measures in the city and elsewhere of the district to avert any untoward incidents.
Case filed against Ctg Jamaat leaders
Our Correspondent | Published: May 14, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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