The action comes one day after violent altercations broke out during anti-government protests in Dhaka, injuring over 200 people, including security officials.
Digital Desk: A day after violent protests rocked Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, a top leader of the country's biggest opposition party was taken into police custody on Sunday. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, was taken into custody by the Police Detective Branch (DB).
According to Shamsuddin Didar, a press wing member of the BNP chairperson, Alamgir was taken into custody from his home in the posh Gulshan neighbourhood of Dhaka at approximately 9.30 AM.
During the operation, the police also took hard drives out of Alamgir's home. Alamgir was summoned in for questioning, according to DB Additional Deputy Commissioner (Gulshan Division) Hafiz Al Asad.
Apart from the arrest of Alamgir, police have also surrounded the homes of other BNP leaders, such as Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, a member of the Standing Committee, and Mirza Abbas, a resident of Shahjahanpur.
The action comes one day after violent altercations broke out during anti-government protests in Dhaka, injuring over 200 people, including security officials. One police constable lost his life as a result of the fighting.
In order to guarantee free and fair elections under a non-party interim government, the BNP, led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia, has planned a large gathering calling for the resignation of current prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
According to the BNP, one of its youth wing activists lost their life in the fighting on Saturday. The opposition's efforts entered a new phase with the protests because a general election is scheduled in three months. Although Hasina's government has supervised tremendous economic expansion, it is charged with corruption and violating human rights.
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