Laxmipur, Oct 8 (UNB) – Detectives in a drive arrested a Swechchhasebak League leader here on Monday night in a case filed over the killing of a Jubo Dal leader in 2015.
The arrestee was identified as Ismail Hossain, general secretary of Mandari union unit of Swechchhasebak League and son of Jafar Ahmed of Samaspur village in Sadar upazila.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Detective Branch of police conducted a drive at the village and arrested Ismail from his house around 8 pm, said Mukter Hossain, officer-in-charge of district DB.
The Swechchhasebak League leader also faces several more cases, including of extortion and terrorist acts, he said.
Md Mizanur Rahman, organising secretary of Mandari union unit of Jubo Dal, went missing on March 1, 2015. His body was found in a pond in the area on March 7 of the year.