Ex-MP Pavel, seven other AL men arrested in Dhaka
Pavel sent to jail in attempted murder case
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested eight individuals, including former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Saddam Hossain Pavel, over allegations of "planning and financing subversive activities".
Pavel, former MP from Nilphamari-3 constituency, was arrested around 10:45pm yesterday (4 September) during a raid in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area.
The others were arrested during raids conducted across Dhaka last night, said a press release issued from Dhaka Metropolitan Police's media wing today.
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The other arrestees were identified as Tanzil Hossain Ovi, 29, organising secretary of the Bauphal upazila unit of the banned Chhatra League in Patuakhali; Anisur Rahman Hawlader, 43, a union-level Jubo League leader; AKM Khorshed Alam, 65, general secretary of Bangabandhu Kalyan Parishad; Delwar Hossain Bablu, 61, Awami League leader from Ward-32 in Dhaka; Al Mamun Bhuiyan, 29, organising secretary of Jubo League's Uttara East Ward-1 unit; Kaykobad Osmani, 53, central executive member of Jubo League; and Md Anwar Hossain, 60, former president of Khitirpata union AL and ex-UP chairman in Louhajang, Munshiganj.
All are accused in different cases filed with several police stations, the release said.
The arrested individuals were allegedly conspiring together to destabilise the country by disrupting law and order. Besides, they were attempting to spread panic among people through flash processions at different places in Dhaka, the DMP said.
Pavel sent to jail
A Dhaka court has sent Pavel to jail in a case filed at New Market Police Station over an attempted murder during the 2024 July Uprising.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Partha Bhadra passed the order after police produced him at court today (5 September), according to court sources.
According to the case documents, the accused opened fire on a procession of students and the public in front of New Market Gate No-2 in the capital on 2 August last year. Several students, including plaintiff Habibur Rahman, were injured in the incident.
