Senior Hizb-ut-Tahrir leader held

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a top leader of banned militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area, reports BSS.

The arrestee, Md Mahamud Hasan (30), was wanted in three cases filed with Mohammadpur and Paltan thanas. He was sentenced to two-year imprisonment in absentia.

"Acting on a tip-off, a team of the RAB-2 detained Hasan from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area on Thursday afternoon," RAB-2 Senior ASP Md Fazlul Haque said.

The RAB official said Hasan was arrested earlier. But, after coming out of jail on bail, he went into hiding and was carrying out militant activities.