Police arrested a thana-level ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami from the port
city’s Sholakbahar area on Thursday.
The arrested was identified as M Shamsuzzaman Helali, ameer of
Panchlaish thana unit Jamaat, and also councillor of ward-8 of
Chittagong City Corporation.
Being tipped off, a team of police arrested Helali from in front of
Raushan Boarding in the area in the morning, said M Shahidullah,
additional deputy commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police
(CMP).
He is accused in seven cases filed with Panchlaish Police Station and
arrest warrant has been issued in three of them against him, added the
CMP official.
Police sources also said Helali had led the incidents of vandalism,
arson and attack on police several times during the party called
hartals centering war crime verdicts. -UNB, Chittagong
