Jammat leader held in Chattogram

CHATTOGRAM, June 25: (BSS): Police in a drive arrested former ward councilor Shamsuzzaman Helali, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, in a sabotage case.

He was arrested from Bahaddarhat area of Chittagong on Friday night.

Helali was the Amir of the city's Panchliash thana unit of Jamaat-e- Islami and son of Abdus Sattar of Arkan Housing Society.

"He was arrested in a police raid from the area around 11:00 pm," Sub Inspector of Panchliash thana Aftab Hossain said, adding that three warrants were pending against him in sabotage cases with different thanas in the city. He was produced before the court on Saturday, he added.