Jamaat secretary general Golam Parwar among 9 detained in Dhaka
Police have detained nine Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists including their secretary general Mia Golam Parwar.
They were rounded up from a house in Basundhara residential area in Dhaka on Monday evening.
Md Asaduzzaman, deputy commissioner of Gulshan division police, confirmed the matter to Prothom Alo.
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He told Prothom Alo, “Jamaat leaders sat in a secret meeting to plot sedition and destabilise the country. After receiving such information, we launched a drive there and detained them.”
Rafiqul Haque, inspector of Bhatara police station, said the drive was still going on around 8.45pm.
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