Barisal Chhatra Dal leader arrested in anti-state case: RAB
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Sabuj Akon, vice-president of Barisal District Chhatra Dal, in a case filed for his alleged involvement in anti-state activities.
He was arrested on Saturday (18 November) afternoon from the Hasnabad bus stand area under South Keraniganj police station in Dhaka in a joint operation of RAB-8 and RAB-10, RAB-8's media cell said in a press release on Sunday (19 November).
According to RAB, during the blockade programme called by BNP and Jamaat from 31 October to 2 November, Sabuj Akon with 60-70 people brought out a procession and hurled tree stumps and raised anti-government slogans on the Dhaka-Barisal highway near the Rahmatpur Bridge area.
They set fire to the road by burning tyres, blocked the Dhaka-Barisal highway and vandalised vehicles.
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Airport Police filed a case under Section 15(3) of Special Powers Act 1974.
Sabuj Akon has been arrested in a case filed under the Anti-State Activities and Sabotage Act, RAB added.
