Police have arrested a Chhatra League leader, Tanvir Jomaddar, on the allegation that he followed Prime Minister Tarique Rahman while the prime minister was inspecting footpaths cleared of encroachment. Tanvir is vice-president of the Chhatra League unit in Mirzaganj upazila, Patuakhali.
Mirpur Model police station arrested him in a raid on Wednesday afternoon (21 October).
According to police and local sources, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited footpaths cleared of encroachment in the capital’s Mirpur-10 area on Saturday. The Chhatra League leader turned up at the prime minister’s event along with party leaders and activists. At one point during the visit he followed the prime minister and tried to get close to him.
After a 33-second video of the incident spread on Facebook, law enforcement began searching for him. He was later arrested in a raid in Mirpur.
The video shows the Chhatra League leader, during the footpath inspection at the Mirpur-10 roundabout, pushing past police, Dhaka North City Corporation officials and local BNP leaders and activists to follow the prime minister. At one point Tanvir leaves the others behind and gets close to the prime minister.
Md Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Model police station, said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman came to Mirpur on Saturday to inspect the footpaths, and a Chhatra League leader followed him. Tanvir was arrested after the video of the incident was examined. The process of taking legal action over the incident is under way, he said.
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