Members of the joint forces and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested in the port city Thursday midnight, Sarwar Jamal Nizam, a former BNP lawmaker from Chittagong 12 constituency. The crack forces arrested the former lawmaker acting on a tip off as he was coming out of Chittagong Club around 12:45am.Sarwar Jamal is a brother of Maruf Nizam, the alleged mastermind of the abduction and murder of Chittagong business tycoon Jamal Uddin. Sarwar Jamal also have allegations against him of smuggling, interfering with government's tendering process and with the official duties of the police forces in his constituency.
Sources said he is also accused of helping the sensational offloading of ten trucks of firearms in the port city as well as of amassing a large amount of properties from unknown sources. After the arrest, Sarwar Jamal was taken to Rab-7 head quarters at Patenga where members of the joint forces, intelligence agencies, the task force and Rab were interrogating him.