Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in connection with his involvement in Saturday’s deadly clash.
DMP Commissioner Md HabiburBNP Secretary General Fakrul arrested
Rahman confirmed it to the media at 7:45pm Sunday.
"He has been shown arrested in two cases filed with Paltan Police Station over the killing of a police constable and arson incidents during BNP's Saturday rally in the capital," the DMP boss said.
In the early morning, Mirza Fakhrul was picked up by the DB of the police from his Gulshan residence for questioning regarding the violence and the death of a policeman during BNP's Saturday rally in the capital.
Earlier, the BNP said in a media release that the members of law enforcement forces surrounded BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's residence in Gulshan to detain him.
The party also issued another release stating that police surrounded the residence of BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas in the capital's Shahjahanpur.
