The police have arrested a leader of Jubo Dal, the youth wing of the BNP, in Rajshahi on
charges of manufacturing and distributing bombs.
Zahid Hasan, a member of the Rajshahi metropolis Jubo Dal convening committee, was nabbed in a raid in the Lakshmipur Bakir Mor area of the city on Sunday morning.
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Media) Jamirul Islam confirmed said Zahid used to make and distribute bombs ahead of BNP-Jamaat's hartal and blockades.
Zahid was taken into custody based on information obtained from people recently arrested in connection with the party’s hartal and blockades, he added.
The officer said Zahid was arrested in a case filed at Boalia police station on October 29.