Ex-deputy speaker Akhter Hamid Siddiqui detained
Sunday, 22 March 2009
NAOGAON, Mar 21: Former deputy speaker and BNP leader Akhter Hamid Siddiqui was detained Saturday after his arrest from his residence as Mohadebpur thana officer-in-charge (OC) sued him on charge of "seditious" talk with the local police chief. The OC, Elias Fakir, filed a general diary (GD) Thursday accusing Siddiqui of threatening him with 'dire consequences' of arresting supporters of the former ruling party. — UNB