Police have arrested the president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of Islamic University unit from Sailkupa upazila in Jhenaidah on Monday afternoon.
Officer-in-Charge of Sailkupa police station MA Hashem said being informed police arrested Omar Farooque and five other JCD activists from Boalia village of the upazila.
Farooque was accused of a dozen of cases including torching police van, violence on the campus and doing extortion in the area, he added.
The official said he was patronising a gang of miscreants in the name of politics. The cases were filed with Sailkupa, Harinakundu, Islamic University and Kushtia police stations.
Arrested five others were also taken to Sailkupa police custody for their alleged involvement in violence at Sailkupa, Kushtia and Islamic University area, said the OC.