A senior leader of the radical Jamaat-e-Islami group in Bangladesh has been arrested for allegedly inciting violence during India’s visit to the country in March last year. The police gave this information on Sunday.
Shahjahan Chowdhury (Shahjahan Chowdhury) is also a former public representative. Chaudhary was arrested from the Hathjari area of Chattogram on Saturday and was later remanded to three days of police custody by Chhatgaon court’s Senior Judicial Magistrate Shaharyar Iqbal.
A police spokesperson said, “The police yesterday (Saturday) arrested Jamaat leader and former MP Shahjahan Chaudhary from the (southeastern) Chattogram after he came to know about the violence and he was detained by the court for questioning.” sent.”
He said that Chaudhary was elected to Parliament during a coalition of four parties led by the erstwhile Bangladesh Nationalist Party. T
he Jamaat was an important partner in this. Chaudhary has been accused of inciting the violence perpetrated by the fundamentalist group Hifazat-e-Islam during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Bangladesh on 26 March.
“We have evidence of Shah Jahan’s involvement in violence and vandalism by the people of Hifazat on March 26 and 27 during protests against Indian Prime Minister Modi’s visit,” the Dhaka Tribune quoted the Chittagong district police chief as saying. Huh. He was arrested in cases registered with the Hathjari police station. ”
On March 26, at least four persons were killed and several others were injured in clashes in Chittagong between Hifazat supporters, police and ruling party workers.
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