Jamaat Rajshahi city ameer held
Police arrested Jamaat-e-Islami ameer of Rajshahi city unit from his Terokhadia house early today five hours before the party’s 24-hour hartal (shutdown) began across the country.
Ataur Rahman was arrested for masterminding an attack on police at Kajla area in the city on September 18, said Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Motihar Police Station.
On that day, a group of Jamaat-Shibir men blasted crude bombs targeting police near Kajla KD Club but the law enforcers narrowly escaped unhurt.
The attack was made to divert police attention from Rajshahi University of Engineering Technology where a clash between police and Shibir was going on that day.
Later, Ruet was closed sine die following the violence, the OC said.
"During the interrogation, some Shibir men arrested earlier told police that Ataur masterminded the attack. That’s why, we have arrested him in a case filed over the incident," the OC said.
Protesting the capital punishment awarded to Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizam, the party called countrywide hartals for today and from Sunday to Monday.
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