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| Police hunt for Mojahid | |
| 2008-10-19 | |
| Police conducted several raids at the residence of Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid at Uttara in the capital yesterday but failed to arrest him. But sources said Mojahid went to the daily Sangram office at Moghhbazar 9:00am yesterday and stayed there for two hours. Earlier on October 6, a Dhaka court issued arrest warrant on the Jamaat leader, an accused in Barapukuria coal mine corruption case.
About 200 Jamaat activists were present in front of the house during the raids. They tried to resist the law enforcers from entering the house, and did not also allow any journalist to enter it. Contacted, Saiful Islam Chowdhury, officer-in-charge (OC) of Uttara Police Station, said, "We raided his house several times but did not find him there. We have been trying to trace him, and will arrest him wherever we find him." He however denied presence of Jamaat men at the place during the raids. In reply to a question , he said, "It is not known to us whether he went to Sangram office." Meantime, eminent citizens and lawyers sharply reacted to Mojahid's presence at his party's dialogue with the government on Tuesday while police reported to the trial court that he is a fugitive. | |
| Posted by:Fred |