Police on Friday arrested BNP’s Training Affairs Secretary ABM Mosharraf Hossain from near Uttara while he was returning to Dhaka from Tongi, reports UNB. Confirming the news, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said detectives detained Mosharraf around 4:30pm. Earlier, at a press conference Rizvi alleged that police had arrested at least 275 party leaders and activists including its Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in the past four days, ahead of party’s executive committee meeting on Saturday. He alleged that the police were arresting mainly the party’s executive committee members so that it fails to make the meeting a success. BNP is set to hold its national executive committee meeting at Hotel Le Meridien on Saturday to decide on its next course of action ahead of the verdict in a graft case against Chairperson Khelada Zia on February 8.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 02, 2018 15:21 UTC