Jamaat leader held in Jessore
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in Jessore town on Wednesday evening. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Hannan, son of Abdul Aziz, a resident of Basundia village in Sadar upazila. He is the general secretary of Basundia union unit of Jamaat and also superintendent of local Singia Madrasa. Emdadul Haque Sheikh, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station of the district town, said a police team launched a drive in the town and held Hannan from Kotwali area on charge of planning subversive activities, according to UNB.