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| Jamaat leader arrested |
| 2010-03-11 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Police yesterday arrested a Jamaat leader at Kandirpar in Comilla in connection with the violence at Khagrachhari on February 23 that left one Bangalee settler dead and 50 others injured. Arrestee Md Eakub Ali Chowdhury is a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Khagrachhari unit and founder president of Parbattya Bangalee Chhatra Parishad. According to Comilla police, he was arrested at his Kandirpar home in Comilla following a request letter from Abu Kalam Siddique, the superintendent of police of Khagrachhari. He was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Comilla Wednesday evening and was subsequently sent to Comilla District Jail. Additional Superintendent of Police of Khagrachhari Amir Jafar said they received some clues from earlier arrestees and collected detailed information on Eakub's involvement in the incident. He said they would want to bring him back to Khagrachhari through legal ways. Gory clashes between Bangalee and ethnic people at several areas of Khagrachhari on February 23 left one dead and 50 injured. Around 120 houses were torched. |
| Posted by:Fred |