18 Shibir leaders, workers held
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Police rounded up 18 local leaders and workers of Islami Chhattra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, at Gauripur Upazila in Mymensingh district on Wednesday afternoon. Gauripur Police Station sources said, Shibir’s Upazila unit President Belal Hossain and General Secretary Amirul Islam were among the arrestees. They said, being tipped off, a police team conducted a drive and arrested the 18 Shibir men with a large number of ‘Jihadi’ books and leaflets around 4pm, according to a news agency.