Joint forces yesterday arrested Baufal upazila Jubo Dal president and a local Awami League leader of Noakhali and seized 159 corrugated iron (CI) sheets meant for relief mostly from the houses of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami workers in different places. Police and Rapid Action Battalion personnel arrested 1,502 people including 19 convicts, 826 wanted criminals and six charged under Arms Act in 24 hours ending at 6:00am yesterday, home ministry sources said. Members of the armed forces arrested 57 people including 25 criminals during the time.In Dhaka, the joint forces arrested Salah Uddin, president of Jubo Dal's Baufal upazila (in Patuakhali) unit, from Sheorapara in Mirpur in the early hours of yesterday, reports our correspondent. He is accused in four cases including one filed for the murder of one Mosharraf.
In Noakhali, the joint forces arrested AL leader and Chairman of Kadir Hanif Union Parishad (UP) Jasim Uddin Mallick from Old Bus Stand area yesterday noon.
In Gazipur, police recovered 12 CI sheets from the house of Kaliganj upazila Jamaat Amir Akhtar Munshi and sealed off the house while the Jamaat leader had managed to flee sensing the presence of law enforcers. He is accused in several cases including those for grabbing public land, police said.
In Satkhira, police recovered 23 CI sheets for relief from the house of local Jamaat-e-Islami leader Maulana Abdul Latif at Kushodanga village in Kalaroa upazila. Police also raided the house of a Jamaat activist and top local businessman Abdur Rahim at Katia in Satkhira town and seized 18 pieces of CI sheets from his possession.
In Netrakona, joint forces recovered 55 CI sheets from the house of Abdur Rashid, member of Purbadhala Sadar UP in Purbadhala upazila, at Nachhibpur village early yesterday. They also recovered 40 CI sheets for relief from BNP leader Abul Kashem's house at Laljana village in the same upazila.
In Mymensingh, joint forces recovered 23 such CI sheets from the house of Surya Banu, mother-in-law of arrested chairman of Rajoir UP Anwar Hossain, at Jamirpara village in Bhaluka upazila yesterday noon. The joint forces recovered two abandoned firearms and six bullets from Fatehpur village in Hathazari upazila yesterday morning.