Police yesterday arrested a Jamaat leader in Chattogram city's Rahattar Pool area on the charge of plotting subversive acts.

Azizul Haque, 48, from East Bakalia area, is the secretary of East Bakalia Ward No-18 unit of Jamaat-e-Islami.

Azizul along with some others was holding a clandestine meeting to commit subversive activities, said Bakalia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Pranab Chowdhury.