Thakurgaon district unit Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Belal Uddin Pradhan, who was detained at Saidpur Airport "with around Tk50 lakh", fell ill and was admitted to a hospital on Tuesday afternoon. After he complained of illness, he was taken to Saidpur 100-bed Hospital in Nilphamari district by an ambulance at 1:47pm. Nazmul Huda, Resident Medical Officer of the hospital, said: “No sign of a heart attack was found in the Jamaat leader after conducting medical tests. Earlier in the day, police arrested Belal Uddin at Saidpur Airport in Nilphamari and recovered "Tk 50 lakh" from his possession. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair on Wednesday claimed the arrest of Thakurgaon district Jamaat Ameer Belal Uddin with a large amount of cash was a ‘stage-managed drama by law enforcers’.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 11, 2026 11:18 UTC