Patiya Jamaat leader held

Police arrested a Jamaat leader from Patiya upazila of Chittagong early yesterday on charge of planning sabotage.

The arrestee is Mozaffar Ahmed, 52, ameer of Patiya Municipality unit of Jamaat-e-Islami.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Ahmed from a mosque in the municipality area at around 1:00am, said Refayet Ullah Chowdhury, officer-in-charge (OC) of Patiya Police Station.

On August 28, police arrested nine leaders and activists of Patiya upazila unit of the party from Paikpara area in the municipality while they were holding a 'secret meeting' said the OC.

Mozaffar, who was also at the meeting, fled the scene, he added.