AL leader arrested in Ctg over attack on Mirza Fakhrul’s motorcade
Police on Saturday arrested a fugitive accused from Chattogram city's Pahartali area in the case filed over an attack on BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's motorcade in 2017.
The arrestee, Shamsuddoha Sikder Arzu, is a resident of the Syedbari area under Ward-8 of Rangunia and a former president of the Rangunia Upazila unit of Jubo League, a wing of the deposed Awami League (AL).
Pahartali Police Station's Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Babul Azad said, "Locals detained Arzu and handed him over to us. He is wanted in a case filed with Kotwali Police Station, so we will transfer him there."
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The OC added that Arzu Sikder is also accused in several other cases, including one over arson in Rangunia and another filed in connection with the attack on Mirza Fakhrul's convoy.
Several more cases have been lodged against him in various police stations and courts in Chattogram since 5 August last year.
Chattogram city BNP leader Idris Ali said the attack took place on 18 June 2017, when BNP leaders, including Mirza Fakhrul, were travelling from Dhaka to Rangamati via Chattogram to visit areas affected by landslides.
