Police have arrested Abdul Nabi alias Ledu, president of the banned Bayezid Bostami Thana Awami League, in Chattogram. He was arrested during a raid conducted in Oxygen Shaheed Nagar Pathanpur area of the city at around 3:30am on Monday .
The arrested Abdul Nabi alias Ledu, 51, resides at Haji Building in West Shaheed Nagar Pathanpur of Oxygen Residential Area under Bayezid Bostami Police Station in the city.
Police claimed that Abdul Nabi is involved in conspiratorial activities against the state and government, spreading misleading information, disrupting state discipline, and terrorist activities. He faces two cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act at Bayezid Bostami Police Station.
The operation was conducted under the direction of Md Hasan Mostafa Swapon, deputy commissioner of police (north division) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), and under the supervision of an additional deputy commissioner.
A police team led by Ikhtiar Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bayezid Bostami Police Station, participated in the raid.
Police informed that Abdul Nabi has been shown arrested in a case dated 15 October of Bayezid Bostami Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act and in another case dated 15 August under the same act.
Following his arrest, he was sent to court under proper police security, police added.
