Four banned Awami League activists arrested from secret meeting in Dhaka's Azimpur
Lalbagh Police Station of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested four active members of the banned Awami League from Azimpur in Dhaka. Police said they were arrested on Saturday night while organising a procession and holding a secret meeting.
Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations Division) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Md Akhtar Hossain, informed this in a statement today, Sunday (15 November).
The arrested are Md Sohrab Hossain Suman Mia (40), Mohammad Jahangir Alam (46), Md Rasel Ahmed (42) and Md Mofizul Islam (50).
According to Lalbagh Police Station sources, they were arrested in an operation at around 10:15 pm on Saturday (14 November) in the Azimpur Samajkalyan Goli area under Lalbagh Police Station.
Police said Sohrab Hossain Suman Mia is the general secretary of the banned Awami League of No. 5 Paschim Sahadebpur union of Kachua upazila. Jahangir Alam is the organising secretary of the same union Awami League. Rasel Ahmed and Mofizul Islam are members of that union Awami League.
Police station sources further said that on 13 November, the arrested persons organised a procession in front of the Azimpur Etimkhana Market under Lalbagh Police Station with leaders and activists of the banned political party Awami League, Chhatra League, Jubo League and affiliated organisations, and took part in it.
Yesterday, they were arrested with the help of local people while holding a secret meeting with associates at the house of Sohrab Hossain Suman Mia in Azimpur.
Police said the process of taking legal action against the arrested persons is under way.
