Police have arrested four leaders and activists of the banned Awami League (AL) for distributing party leaflets in Dhaka’s Pallabi.
Three of them, including two former banned Chhatra League leaders, were arrested near Pallabi Metro Station around 1:10AM on Saturday (November 14). They were identified as Md Naim Khan, 28, Sheikh Iman Shuvo, 31, and Maruf Shikder, 19.
Police said Naim was a former vice-president of Pirojpur district Chhatra League, while Shuvo was its former organising secretary.
In a separate operation, police arrested Abdus Sabur, 54, vice-president of the banned Awami League’s Banani North unit, from the Baigartek Aziz Market area around 3:15AM.
Pallabi Police Station Officer-in-Charge Jalal Uddin confirmed the arrests, saying the four were sent to court in connection with separate cases filed under the Explosives Act, Special Powers Act and relevant sections of the Penal Code.
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