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| Hizb-ut leader Maola held again |
| 2012-09-25 |
[Bangla Daily Star] Though the wife of Hizb ut-Tahrir leader Prof Syed Golam Maola had claimed that her husband had been picked up by detectives on September 19, DB police said that Maola was juggedYou have the right to remain silent... yesterday. Shahida Ahmed, wife of Maola, told newsmen at a presser yesterday that her husband has been made to "disappear" after detectives had picked him up from the gate of Kashimpur jail following his release on bail on September 19 night. Shahida said Abul Bashar, jailer of Kashimpur jail, handed her husband over to some people who identified themselves as DB police on that night. Detective Branch (DB) of police, however, told The Daily Star last night that its counter terrorism unit and Gulshan police in a joint drive jugged You have the right to remain silent... Maola from near Azad Mosque at Gulshan around 4:00pm yesterday. The law enforcers made the arrest following information gleaned from Hizb ut-Tahrir activist Maksudul Rahman, who was earlier jugged You have the right to remain silent... by Gulshan police from near the US embassy around noon yesterday. Golam Maola and Maksudul were taken into DB custody for interrogation, said Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Earlier on September 19, the Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that had granted a six-month bail to Maola in a case filed for allegedly coordinating the activities of the banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir. During yesterday's presser, Shahida said Maola's whereabouts remained unknown for over five days since the detectives picked him up in a microbus. She said the detectives had been illegally keeping her husband in their custody, violating the constitutional provision for producing a detainee before a magistrate's court within 24 hours of the arrest. Shahida appealed for intervention by national and international human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedomat the convenience of the state... organizations, including the National Human Rights Commission, for her husband's release. Maola, who allegedly introduced Hizb ut-Tahrir in the country, was jugged You have the right to remain silent... from Dhanmondi on July 8, 2010 in connection with the case. Police filed the case against Maola, a former teacher of Dhaka University, with Uttara Police Station on March 2, 2010. |
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