Police have arrested a man in connection with the assault on the independent candidate for the Dhaka-17 by-election, Ashraful Alom alias Hero Alom.
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Talukder Masud, president of the Karwanbazar Pick-up Owners Association, was arrested on Thursday afternoon, said Sub-inspector Nur Uddin of Banani Police Station.
"So far, we have arrested 10 people in connection with the incident. Efforts are on to nab the rest through video footage," he added.
Hero Alam was attacked by some miscreants while he was leaving the Banani Bidyaniketan School polling centre on July 17. He returned home after receiving treatment at a hospital.
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In response to “prompt” police action in rounding up the attackers, Hero Alom, thanked law enforcers and expressed his confidence in the police in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Speaking to the media following his meeting with Harun-ur-Rashid, chief of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Hero Alom said, “My meeting with Harun-ur-Rashid went well as he sought for verification of people they identified as the attackers… Their prompt action in arresting the culprits is commendable.”