RAB picks up Khagrachhari Chhatra Dal leader

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) allegedly detained a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's (JCD) Khagrachhari unit from his home in Gochhabeel area in the district.

A vegetable vendor and secretary of JCD's Manikchhari union Md Masud was picked up from his house at Gochhabeel on Monday evening, said his family members.

Those who detained Masud in plainclothes identified themselves as RAB personnel, they said.

When contacted, Manikchhari police station Officer-in-Charge Ameer Hossain confirmed that RAB-7 arrested Masud from his home.

There is no case against him with the police station, he added.

Contacted, Mahmudul Hasan Mamun, assistant director of RAB-7 said: “We detained a youth named Masud to question about his involvement in some criminal activity in the area. As his remarks were satisfactory we bailed him out.”