Police arrested a local Rokan (qualified member) of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from
Shamimabad area in the city on Tuesday.
The arrestee was identified as Maulana Nesar Alam, 45, a Rokan of Sylhet city unit
Jamaat.
Being tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in an abandoned house in the area
around 7.00 am while Nesar along with about 50 activists of the party was holding a
secret meeting there, said Sub-inspector (SI) Monir Hossain, in-charge of Lamabazar
police outpost of the city.
However, other party activists fled the scene sensing the presence of police.
Nesar was shown arrested in a political case, added the SI. -UNB, Sylhet
