Gopalganj AL leader detained in Benapole

JASHORE, June 10 (BSS): Police have arrested Awami League (AL) Gopalganj district unit general secretary Shahabuddin Azam from Benapole border when he was trying to flee to India.

Police said a number of cases were lodged against him with Jatrabari police station and different police stations of Gopalganj.

Azam and his wife were going to India through Benapole border. Immigration police however, released his wife as there is no case against her.

Azam was handed over to Benapole Port Police Station.

Earlier on June 5, police arrested AL Mollarhat upazila unit of Bagerhat district former organizing secretary Sheikh Rezaul Kabir by Benaploe immigration police.