59 BNP men held from alleged ‘secret meeting’ in Narail

Narail, Apr 20 – Police arrested at least 59 leaders and activists of BNP including the party chairperson’s adviser and divisional organising secretary from an allegedly ‘secret’ meeting at its district unit present’s house in Khashial village of Kalia Upazila on Friday afternoon.Confirming the matter, Md Belayet Hossain, officer-in-charge of Naragati Police Station, said police arrested the leaders and activists from Jahangir Biswas’s house.
District and upazila level leaders and activists from Narail, Jashore, Jhenaidah, Satkhira and Magura come to attend the ‘secret’ meeting, he alleged.
Among others, BNP chairperson’s advisor Kabir Murad, Khulna divisional Organising Secretary Anindo Islam Amit, Mazedur Rahman, Kalia upazila BNP general secretary Wahidurzzaman Milu were arrested, police said.
Police were conducting drives to arrest other leaders and activists who managed to flee the scene, said Md Mehedi Hasan, assistant superintendent of Narail police.
However, the aim of the ‘secret’ meeting could not be known immediately, he added. – UNB