4 Hefazat leaders held over attack in Sonargaon resort
The arrestees were handed over to Sonargaon Police Station
Members of Rapid Action Battalion has arrested four leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam from Jurain area in the capital in connection with attack and vandalism in a resort of Narayanganj's Sonargaon upazila on 3 April.
The arrestees are- Maulana Iqbal, Maulana Mohiuddin, Maulana Shahjahan Shibli and Maulana Moazzem.
Confirming the matter, LT colonel Khandaker Saiful Islam, commanding officer of RAB-11 said that a team of RAB conducted the drive in the area and arrested them.
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Later, the arrestees were handed over to Sonargaon Police Station.
Hefazat-e-Islam's Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque, who has been the loudest voice in the organisation in a number of recent controversies, was detained with a woman he claims as his second wife from a resort in Sonargaon on April 3.
Later, a group of leader and supporter of Hefazat attacked the resort and released him.
