Detective police (DB) have arrested Md Ariful Islam Arif, a former councillor of ward 1 of Dhamrai municipality in Dhaka district and organising secretary of the municipal Awami Jubo League.
He was arrested in Hemayetpur, Savar upazila, at midday on Sunday, 18 October.
Md Saidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Dhaka District North DB, confirmed the arrest at midday on Monday, 19 October.
Ariful Islam faces a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
DB police said Ariful Islam had been in hiding. Acting on a tip-off, a DB team raided the Hemayetpur area at midday on Sunday and arrested him. He was sent to court on Monday.
“There is a specific case against the arrested accused under the Anti-Terrorism Act. He had long been trying to stay in hiding and evade law enforcers. He was arrested in Hemayetpur on Sunday in a raid based on a tip-off, and was produced in court today at midday through the proper process,” Saidul Islam said.
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