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Police have arrested four leaders and activists of Bogura district Swechchhasebak League, including its president Sajedur Rahman Shahin, who is also chairman of Kharna Union Parishad in Shajahanpur.
Bogura district Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested them in a drive in the Cox’s Bazar Sadar area at 11:30pm on Monday (28 September).
The others arrested are Bogura district Swechchhasebak League senior vice-president Sheikh Arman Hossain Ripon, city Swechchhasebak League organising secretary Md Bhadu and the organisation’s leader Ferdous. Iqbal Bahar, inspector of Bogura district Detective Branch, confirmed this information.
It has been learnt that the arrested persons are FIR-named accused in several cases, including cases of attacks, violence and murder during the July mass uprising of 2024. They had been in hiding since the student-people uprising. Acting on a tip-off, they were arrested in a drive in the area bordering Chakaria and Sadar police stations of Cox’s Bazar.
Inspector Iqbal Bahar said the four accused arrested from Cox’s Bazar are being brought to Bogura. They are scheduled to be produced before the court on Tuesday. Details in this regard will be given to the media after legal action is taken.
