N'ganj BNP leader Taimur arrested

Police arrested Taimur Alam Khandaker, president of Narayanganj district unit of BNP and chairman of Bangladesh Jatiya Badhir Sangsthya from the Sangsthya's Meherba Plaza office at Paltan in the capital around 6:00pm yesterday.

Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman said they handed over the BNP leader to its detective branch for interrogation.

The DMP news portal said Taimur was arrested in a case filed on September 11 by one Sayed Ruhul Arefin who alleged that some 10/12 people led by Taimur attacked his office at the basement of the Plaza and ransacked its power plant machines and other valuables.      

Arefin had a feud with Taimur over the ownership of the basement floor, reported the DMP portal.

ATM Kamal, general secretary of Narayanganj city unit of BNP, told The Daily Star that police arrested him in the case filed over the Sangsthya. He, however, said the BNP leader  quarrelled with some pro-Awami League lawyers on the court premises that might  have "played a vital role" in arresting Taimur.

Witnesses said after hearing the news of the arrest, BNP men gathered at the party office in Narayanganj to bring out a procession protesting the arrest but police foiled it.