Riazul Islam Rizul, president of the Purbabirgaon Union Awami League in Sunamganj, was arrested at his home on March 30 last year during Operation Devil Hunt, a joint forces drive launched to maintain law and order across the country.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against five, including three former policemen of Pallabi Police Station, for their involvement in killing Ishtiaq Ahmed Jonny in police custody in February 2014.