Jubo League leader arrested with smuggled sarees

Baliadangi upazila Jubo League leader Abdus Salam and a truck driver were arrested early yesterday with about 200 expensive Indian sarees at Samader Bhata on Harinmari-Baliadangi road near Baliadangi border in the district.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Baliadangi police station Atiqul Islam told this correspondent over cell phone that on a tip-off, a Detective Branch (DB) police team led by sub-inspector Hasnat took position in Samader Bhata area.
At about 4:15am the team intercepted a three-tonne truck coming from Harinmari village. They recovered 201 pieces of Indian banarashi sarees from the truck and arrested two people.
The arrestees are Abdus Salam, son of Isarat Master and assistant organising secretary of Baliadangi upazila Jubo League and truck driver Nazimuddin, son of late Kamal Hossain of Rajpara at Rajshahi town.
DB police filed a case with Baliadangi police station against the Jubo League leader and the driver in this connection.
According to sub-inspector Hasnat, Salam told police that they brought the sarees from one Sharif Member's house at Kanchirhat village near the border.
President of Baliadangi Jubo League Majedul Islam told this correspondent that he was not aware about Salam's involvement with smuggling.
"Police told me that they have arrested Salam with sarees," he said.
Majedul said they will take a decision in this regard at the upazila committee's meeting soon.