Gazipur mayor held
Police arrested Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan in Dhaka this evening in connection with petrol bomb attacks on a bus.
Mannan, also an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, was picked up from his Baridhara DOHS residence around 6:00pm by a police team from Gazipur.
Later, the BNP leader was taken to the office of the Gazipur superintendent of police, reports our district correspondent.
Speaking to journalists at his office around 7:00pm, SP Harunur Rashid said the mayor is accused in three cases filed with Joydevpur Police Station for subversive activities, vandalism and arson on vehicles during the ongoing nonstop blockade.
The police officer said the BNP leader is also facing charges of instigating violence.
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