Hefajat's Mufti Izharul shown arrested in ACC case

A Chittagong court yesterday granted the prosecution's appeal to show Hefajat-e Islam leader Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury arrested in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for not submitting his wealth statement.

Divisional Special Judge Mir Ruhul Amin passed the order after hearing the petition filed on August 10, said ACC's public prosecutor Mejbah Uddin Chowdhury. 

On August 7, the Detective Branch of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested the Hefajat nayeb-e-ameer in front of his madrasa in Lalkhan Bazar area of Chittagong city in connection with a blast at his madrasa in October 2013 which killed three people.