Police have arrested Nurul Bashar, president of Teknaf Upazila Awami League, during an operation in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar.
Police confirmed that multiple cases and court arrest warrants are currently pending against him.
Bashar was apprehended on Monday evening from the High School area of Teknaf Municipality.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Teknaf Model Police Station Md Saiful Islam confirmed the arrest at around 11:30pm on Monday.
“Multiple cases are registered against Nurul Bashar, and court arrest warrants were issued against him in several of them,” OC Saiful Islam stated.
“He has been brought to the police station following his arrest, and after completing all legal procedures, he will be produced before the court in the morning”.
Bashar is a resident of the Paschim Godar Bil area under Ward No. 6 of Teknaf Municipality and the son of Shafi Member.
His younger brother, Jubo League leader Nurul Alam, is a former chairman of Teknaf Upazila Parishad.
According to local sources, Bashar was previously arrested on 3 June 2024.
Local residents alleged that during the 17-year rule of the Awami League government, he exerted political influence over Teknaf Police Station to harass ordinary people by framing them in police cases.
Additionally, Bashar has been accused in a case concerning a violent attack stemming from an attempted takeover of a rented house in the Paschim Godar Bil area of Teknaf Municipality on 20 February.
Providing details of the incident, lawyer Sahab Uddin stated that miscreants attempted to forcibly occupy the rented residence of Rehenuma Sohanal, wife of Mohammad Alam, in Paschim Godar Bil on 20 February.
Rehenuma, her husband, and several others were severely injured in the assault.
Sahab Uddin noted that Rehenuma subsequently filed a case as the plaintiff in the Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court, naming eight individuals, with Nurul Bashar listed as the prime accused.
An arrest warrant had been issued against him in connection with that case as well.
