At least two Jamaat leaders were arrested in Meherpur and Narail districts yesterday.
Our Meherpur correspondent said Mohammad Farooq Hossain, secretary of Meherpur district unit of Jamaat, was arrested by police on various charges, including sabotage, from his village home.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of police raided the Ashrafpur village under Meherpur Sadar upazila and arrested him from his residence.
Police said six cases, including 5 charges of sabotage, were pending with Sadar police station against Farooq Hossain, 55, also a former UP chairman.
In Narail, the nayabe ameer of Lohagara Jamaat-e-Islami Badsha Miah, 45, was arrested from Baka village of the upazila.
Police sources said, acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested him. A number of cases, including charges of sabotage, are pending against him, the sources added.