Four Awami League Workers Arrested in Dhaka
Four Awami League members were arrested in Dhaka during a police operation amid ongoing crackdowns on political activists.
Dhaka, November 15 (Daily Kiran) : Police in Dhaka arrested four members of the Awami League on Saturday night in the city’s Azimpur area. The detainees include 40-year-old Mohammad Sohrab Hossain, also known as Suman Mia, the general secretary of the party’s West Sahadevpur union, along with organizing secretary Mohammad Jahangir Alam, 46, and members Mohammad Russell Ahmed, 42, and Mohammad Mofijul Islam, 50.
Akhtar Hossain, media deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed that a team from the Lalbagh police station conducted the arrests around 10:15 PM on Azimpur Social Welfare Street. The arrests occurred while the Awami League workers were holding a secret meeting at Hossain’s home after previously participating in a procession near the Azimpur Orphanage Market on November 13.
This crackdown on Awami League leaders and activists has intensified recently. It began during the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus and has continued under the current rule of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Local media reports indicate that on November 2, a Bangladeshi court ordered the arrest of Awami League leader and former MP BM Mojammel Haque in connection with an attempted murder case stemming from protests in July 2024. The order was issued by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ehsanul Islam following a hearing. The application was submitted by Habibur Rahman, a sub-inspector at the Bhatar police station, regarding an incident where Shamin Mia was shot multiple times during a public demonstration.
According to ‘The Daily Observer’, following treatment, Shamin Mia filed an attempted murder case against several individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. BM Mojammel Haque was named in the initial FIR and has since been apprehended in connection with the case.
