Police have arrested four members of the Awami League, whose activities are currently banned, during a raid in the capital’s Azimpur area.
A team from Lalbagh Police Station under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested them around 10:15pm on Saturday.
DMP disclosed the information in a press release sent to the media on Sunday.
The arrestees are Md Sohrab Hossain Sumon Mia, 40, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, 46, Md Rasel Ahmed, 42, and Md Mofizul Islam, 50.
According to police, Sohrab is general secretary of the Awami League’s West Sahadebpur union unit under Kachua upazila, while Jahangir is organising secretary of the same unit. Rasel and Mofizul are members of the union unit.
Lalbagh Police Station sources said the four men took part in a procession on Friday in front of Azimpur Orphanage Market along with leaders and activists of the Awami League, Chhatra League, Jubo League and their affiliated organisations.
The following day, they held a secret meeting with associates at Sohrab’s residence in Azimpur. Police arrested them with the help of local residents during the meeting.
The DMP said legal proceedings against the arrestees were underway.
