Police on Monday arrested three local leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami from different places in Harinakundu upazila in connection with the murder of a police constable.Of the arrestees, two were identified as Yunus Ali and Tipu Sultan. All of them were on the run following the killing.
Mohibul Islam, Harinakundu police station officer-in-charge, said on secret information, they arrested the three Jamaat leaders raiding Gobindpur and Bherakhali villages in the morning.
Jamaat-Shibir cadres allegedly hacked police constable Gazi Omar Farruque to death inside Harinakundu Upazila Parishad during March 3 shutdown.
Later, Harinakundu police filed a case accusing 6,000 Jamaat-Shibir men, including 220 identified ones, in connection with the incident. – UNB
