Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami at Rajnagar upazila headquarter in Moulvibazar district on Saturday noon.
The arrestee was Nazrul Islam, 45, Rajnagar upazila ameer of Jamaat and son of Zainal Abedin of Padinapur village of the upazila.
Officer-in-charge of Rajnagar police station Md Kamrul Hasan said the Jamaat leader was wanted in a case filed for assaulting police.
A policeman was injured in a clash between police and Jamaat activists in the area on April 14. -UNB, Sylhet
