Jubo League man 'held with gun' at PM’s reception
Police today claimed to have detained a Jubo League leader as he took part in the mass reception programme to greet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with a firearm in front of Dhaka airport this evening.
The detainee was identified as Selim Khan, information and research affairs secretary of Dhaka north unit of the Awami League’s youth front, Nure Alam Mia, officer-in-charge (OC) of Airport Police Station, told The Daily Star.
He was brandishing the firearm during the reception programme in front of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport just before the arrival of the premier, he said.
Sensing this, police detained him and seized a pistol and two rounds of bullets from his possession, the OC added.
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