Detectives pick up Fakhrul, Abbas: BNP

BNP has claimed that the detective branch of police picked up its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas from their respective homes in capital Dhaka early Friday.

BNP's media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan said a team of DB police picked up Mirza Fakhrul from his Uttara residence around 3 am and another team of detectives picked up Mirza Abbas from his Shahjahanpur house at about 3:20 am.

However, police could not be reached for comment.

The allegation of picking up them came hours after BNP had changed its position on the December 10 mass rally at Nayapalyan and sought permission to hold the same at the Kamalapur Stadium in the capital. 

A delegation of BNP sat in a meeting with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner at its headquarters around 7:10 pm on Thursday that lasted around two hours. 

After meeting around 9:30 pm, BNP Vice Chairman Barkatullah Bulu told the reporters that they want to hold the rally at the Kamalapur Stadium but DMP proposed the Government Bangla College ground, Mirpur for the program.

KH/SU