Police in a drive arrested Mawna union parishad chairman Jahangir Alam in the connection with a case filed over
extortion and
abduction, from Sripur upazila of
Gazipur district on Wednesday night.
Police arrested Jahangir at around 9 pm from the upazila.
Mawna Highway Police Station officer-in-charge Mahbub Morshed said as soon the as the news spread, the supporters of Jahangir put-up barricade on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway protesting the arrest around 11 pm at Mawna intersection and burned tyres, halting vehicular movement on the highway.
The vehicular movement on the highway remained halted till 2 am.
However, being informed, police went there and brought the situation under conrol, he said.
On February 13, Zahirul Islam, manager of Fortune Cable Industries, filed a case against Jahangir and 12 others for abducting him and unleashing torture on him after failing to realise Tk 20 lakh as extortion, he said.
Legal actions are being taken in this regard, added the OC.
