Union Awami League leader Majnu held in DB raid while hiding in a Gobindaganj paddy field

The Detective Branch (DB) of police has arrested Haji Majnu Sarkar (46), general secretary of the Shakhahar Union Awami League in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha, while he was hiding in a paddy field.

A team of the Gaibandha district DB police raided the border area between Gobindaganj and Kalai upazila of Joypurhat on Thursday night (29 October). During the raid, DB members detained Majnu Sarkar from a paddy field where he had been in hiding.

The detained Majnu Sarkar is the son of the late Nasir Sarkar of Ali village in Shakhahar Union of Gobindaganj upazila.

He is the general secretary of the Shakhahar Union Awami League. He is also known as a close and trusted associate of Abul Kalam Azad, former member of parliament for the Gaibandha-4 (Gobindaganj) constituency.

Gaibandha district DB police officer-in-charge Abdul Mottalib Sarkar confirmed the arrest. He said the raid was carried out on a tip-off and Majnu Sarkar was detained while hiding in the paddy field.

After the arrest, Majnu Sarkar was taken to the DB office and interrogated, the OC said. He will be handed over to Gobindaganj police station by noon.

OC Abdul Mottalib Sarkar added that the process of filing a case against the detained Majnu Sarkar at the police station is under way.