4 banned AL activists arrested in Azimpur

Police have arrested four members of the banned Awami League during a raid in the capital’s Azimpur area.

The arrests were made on Saturday night during an operation in the Samaj Kalyan Goli area of Azimpur.

Deputy Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media and Public Relations Division, Md Akhter Hossain, confirmed the matter on Sunday.

The arrested men are Md Sohrab Hossain Sumon Mia, 40, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, 46, Md Russell Ahmed, 42, and Md Mofizul Islam, 50.

Citing Lalbagh Police Station, Akhter said Sohrab Hossain Sumon Mia is the general secretary of the banned Awami League's West Sahadebpur Union unit No. 5 in Kachua upazila. Jahangir Alam serves as the unit's organising secretary, while Russell Ahmed and Mofizul Islam are members of the same unit.

According to the police official, the four men organised and participated in a procession on November 13 in front of Azimpur Orphanage Market, alongside leaders and activists of the activities-banned Awami League, Bangladesh Chhatra League, Jubo League and their affiliated organisations.

The following day, police arrested them with the assistance of local residents while they were allegedly holding a secret meeting with associates at Sohrab Hossain Sumon Mia's residence in Azimpur.

Akhter said legal proceedings against the arrested individuals were underway.