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20 Jamaat-Shibir men detained in Natore

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Published: 16:42, 1 May 2024

20 Jamaat-Shibir men detained in Natore

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Police have detained as many as 20 members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir in Natore.

They were detained on Tuesday (30 April) night while holding a 'secret meeting' at the house of local Jamaat leader Ainul Haque in Shivnagar village of Lalpur upazila, according to Lalpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nasim Ahmed.

District Jamaat Karma Parishad member Professor Abdul Wahab and Assistant General Secretary of Lalpur Upazila Jamaat Masud Rana were among the detainees, he added.

They were handed over to the court on Wednesday, said the OC.

Lalpur Upazila Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Abul Kalam Azad said in a circular that the police raided and detained 20 leaders and activists during the party's new membership drive.

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