Police early yesterday arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami leader from the residence of Daily Naya Diganta Managing Director Shibbir Mahmud’s house in Dhanmondi area of the city.
Mezbah Uddin Bhuiyan, 55, was a former secretary of Noakhali Municipal Jamaat’s committee. He had been on the run for nearly three years.
Mezbah was arrested around 12:30am from a raid conducted by a team led by Dhanmondi acting officer-in-charge and Inspector (Investigation) Mohammad Helal Uddin.
“Shibbir claimed that Mezbah was one of his tenants,” Helal said.
The arrestee was a warranted accused in at least 13 cases filed with Sudaram police station in Noakhali, he added.
The OC said Sudaram police were informed and a team had already left for Dhaka.
Meanwhile, the security of the building Mohammad Jamal and Mahfuj told the Dhaka Tribune that building owner Daily Naya Diganta Managing Director Shibbir Mahmud was not present when the arrest was made.
They said Mezbah and his wife took the flat on 7th floor garret of the building on rent three months back.
Early yesterday around 12:10am two police vans came. Police locked the main gate before they went to the for 7th floor of Mazbah’s flat.
Officer In-Charge of Sudaram Police Station Anwar Hossain said a total of 13 cases had been filed against Mezbah on charge of sabotage and violence under the speedy tribunal act.
