Fakhrul, Abbas at DB office for questioning: Harun

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas have been taken to the office of the Detective Branch for questioning, said DB chief Harun-or-Rashid.

"Mirza Fakhrul and Mirza Abbas have been brought here (DB office) to question them whether there is any plan for subversive act ahead of BNP's tomorrow's rally," he told Jago News on Friday morning.

Asked whether they will be shown arrested or a case will be filed after the interrogation, he said, "We will tell you the details after grilling."

Earlier, BNP 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.

The party'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.

Their detention 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.

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