Kishoreganj MP held in Meherpur

MEHERPUR, Mar 24 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested former MP of Kishoreganj-5 constituency (Bajitpur) Afzal Hossain in Meherpur district town on Monday.

Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in Clinicpara of the district town and arrested Afzal from the house of Mamun Hossain, a staff of Afzal Shoes, owned by Afzal, said Mezbah Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.

Sources said former MP Afzal was scheduled to go to India through Sonapur border in Mujibnagar upazila early Monday.