Eight people, including Dhaka South City unit BNP joint convener Nabiullah Nabi and five Jubo Dal activists, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in torching a train of 'Benapole Express' on Friday night that left four passengers dead.
The Chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of Police, Mohammad Harun or Rashid, said this in a press briefing at Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media Center on Saturday.
He said the DB Lalbagh and Wari Division jointly arrested them, including Jubo Dal leader Kazi Mansoor Alam, one of the planners and manpower suppliers, and Nabiullah, shelter and financier, from different areas of the capital this morning.
Harun, also an additional commissioner of the DMP, said that six other arrestees are Jubo Dal workers Md Iqbal Hossain Swapan, Md Russell, Delwar Hakim Biplab, Md Salauddin, Md Kabir and Md Hasan Ahmed.
The detectives also recovered Tk 30,000 and two mobile phone sets from them, he added.
The additional commissioner said that two days ago Dhaka South City Jubo Dal convener Khandkar Enam, member secretary Rabiul Islam Nayan, joint convener M A Ghaffer, joint convener Iqbal Hossain Bablu, office secretary Shahjahan Chowdhury and Jubo Dal leader Kazi Mansoor Alam joined a virtual conference.
In the meeting, the leaders said that the ward and thana Jubo Dal leaders and activists will carry out the arson attacks on vehicles and temporary election camps at convenient times during day and night. They will also detonate cocktails around polling stations and vandalize properties and others.
The Jubo Dal leaders and activists will also distribute anti-election leaflets to the people and force the voters from voting activities, the DB chief said.
In the virtual meeting, BNP leaders also mentioned that pictures and videos of those arson attacks and vandalism will have to be sent upper tier.
“Efforts would be made to discourage people from coming to vote centers,” he added.
The meeting also decided that they will attract the attention of the national and international media and instructed the activists to torch passenger train compartments from Mymensingh to Dhaka, especially through Narsingdi at convenient places and Kamalapur to Narayanganj route up and down.
Harun also said that BNP leader Mohammad Nabi Ullah Nabi has been arrested as the ring leader and financier of the train fire, while 26 cases were filed against him in different police stations of the capital.
Besides, the DB and other law enforcement agencies have been continuing operation to arrest culprits.
Source: BSS