Ex-MP Fazle Karim, two others held while intruding into India

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have arrested three people, including former Awami League lawmaker ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, from Brahmanbaria's Akhaura border, reports agencies.

The two others are Md Hannan Molla, former union parishad member of Nurpur area under Akhaura upazila, and local Md Nayeem Chowdhury, also a suspected human trafficker.

Md Shariful Islam, public relations officer of the BGB Headquarters, confirmed the matter.

Lt. Col Farah Md Imtiaz, commandant of the BGB-25 Battalion in Sarail, said a BGB team arrested the trio while trying to intrude into India through Akhaura border in Abdullahpur area around 6:50am on Thursday.

Fazle Karim served as the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Railways Ministry. He was elected several times from Chattogram's Raozan upazila.