Faridpur in Pabna police arrested district assistant secretary also shura member of central majlis professor maulana Abdul Ghaffar Khan and 12 others leaders and activists.

They were detained from Sajjad Haji’s shop in Banwari Nagar of Faridpur upazilaBazar in Faridpur Upazila around 10:30 am on Saturday.

The arrested are-district Jamaat’s assistant secretary also central majlis shura member professor maulana Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Faridpur Upazila Jamaat Ameer Abu Taleb, Jamaat activists Ismail Hossain, Faridul Islam Mukul, Kamruzzaman, Afzal Hossain, Kausar Hossain, Helal Biswas, Abdul Momin, Maulana Abdul Hamid, Russel Hossain and MaulanaOmar Faruque.

Confirming the matter, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Faridpur Police Station Mizanur Rahman said, “They were arrested on the basis of news that they were holding a secret meeting for subversive activities against the government.

However, district Jamaat secretary principal Maulana Md.Iqbal Hussain said, “One of our activists in the market was sitting in the medicine shop with a Quran discussing educational topics.The police detained them unjustly.We did not have any district or central programme, so why sabotage?And Jamaat-e-Islami does not believe in any sabotage.Hopefully, the police will respect the law by releasing the arrested soon.