Bangladesh Arrests Ex-Lawmaker Over Violence During PM Modi's Visit: Report

Shahjahan Chowdhury of hardline Jamaat-e-Islami group was arrested in Bangladesh from Chatttogram's Hathazari area on Saturday.

A senior leader of the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami group has been arrested in Bangladesh for allegedly instigating violence in March during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country, the police said on Sunday. Shahjahan Chowdhury, who is also a former lawmaker, was arrested from Chatttogram's Hathazari area on Saturday and was later sent on three-day police remand by Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahriar Iqbal of the Chittagong Court. "Police yesterday (Saturday) arrested Jamaat leader and ex-MP Shahjahan Chowdhury in (southeastern) Chatttogram finding his links to the mayhem and obtained the court order to interrogate him in the custody," a police spokesman said. He said Shahjahan Chowdhury, who was elected to parliament during the previous Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led four-party alliance with Jamaat being its crucial partner, was charged with instigating the violence unleashed by radical outfit Hefazat-e-Islam on March 26 during Prime Minister Modi's visit to Bangladesh.