Brahmanbaria Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 04 May 2021 09:03 PM BdST
Updated: 04 May 2021 09:03 PM BdST
The police have arrested a Hifazat-e Islam leader, who last month announced his resignation from the radical organisation citing violence unleashed by its activists during the celebrations 50 years of independence. );
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Abdur Rahim Quasemi, a member of the group’s recently dissolved central committee and joint general secretary of its Brahmanbaria District Unit, was detained from Brahmanbaria town’s Bhadughar area on Tuesday afternoon.
Rois Uddin, an additional superintendent of police, said investigation revealed Rahim Quasemi’s involvement with the recent mayhem and violence in 2016 in the district.
During the deadly violence on Mar 26 and Mar 28, a group of madrasa students vandalised and torched private and government establishments, including railway and police stations, and land office, in Brahmanbaria.
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