32 BNP men, including ex-councillor, arrested in Dhaka

On Friday night, police arrested 32 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), including a former councillor, from Mohakhali’s Sena Kalyan Sangstha Tower.

Md Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kafrul Police Station said, former ward councilor of no 20 ward of Banani unit BNP Abul Kalam Azad was among the arrestees.

He said, police arrested them as they were accused in different criminal cases also on a charge of “hatching an anti-government conspiracy”.