Jamaat ameer arrested

Police arrested Maulana Abdul Mannan, ameer of Mirzaganj upazila unit Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday afternoon from Pashchim Subidkhali area under the upazila. Abir Mohammad Hasan, OC of Mirzagonj, said they arrested the Jamaat ameer as he was planning to commit sabotage in the area. He was held while holding a secret meeting with the party activists, he said. In Jessore, police arrested three leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir from Basundia area in Sadar upazila on Friday night, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Motiar Rahman, president of the union unit of Jamaat, Maulana Saifur Rahman, general secretary of the union unit of Shibir, and Alamgir Hossain, a Shibir activist.