Jamaat leader arrested

Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami at BRAC office in Pachbibi upazila on Friday evening. The arrestee, Abul Bashar, is Pachbibi pourosava unit Jamaat Amir and former chairman of Mohammadpur Union Parishad. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Pachbibi police raided the area in the evening and arrested Bashar. Police said they arrested Bashar following a case filed for attack on the law enforcers and vandalising vehicles by Jamaat-Shibir activists on November 5.