AL-Shibir friendship!

Politics in districts appears very different from what is preached in the capital. 
An Awami League leader in a district recently threatened a police official with dire consequences for arresting a leader of Chhatra Shibir, student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a party blamed by the government for orchestrating recent violence across the country.
Considered the most powerful law enforcement official in the field-level, the officer-in-charge of a police station found the threat so menacing that he went on to file a general diary. The matter is now lying with the home ministry for action.
As recorded in the GD and in a report prepared by the Special Branch of police, the AL leader demanded the immediate release of the Chhatra Shibir man for ensuring safety of the AL leaders and workers in the area.
The Daily Star has obtained a copy of the SB report, marked “secret”.  
“When we won't be in power we will need some Jamaat-BNP workers. We also have some of our men in the Jamaat-BNP. We'll have to ensure that we can live here [the name of the district taken out] once we aren't in power in future,” the report quotes the AL leader as telling the OC.
On January 31, the police official filed the GD. On March 5, the SB informed Mozammel Haque Khan, senior home secretary, about the matter for action.
The incident reflects the desperate attempts by district-level AL leaders to set guidelines for police and force them to work according to their will. It also shows how law enforcers are under political pressure and influence.
During his conversation with the OC, the AL leader in question also alleged police were making a brisk business by detaining and releasing people.
This, too, is not an isolated charge against the police. Similar allegations have been raised from different parts of the country since the political unrest began in January.
In this particular incident, police arrested a Chhatra Shibir worker from a procession after blockaders blasted cocktails in front of a school around 10:50am on January 31.
Around 5:30 that afternoon, an AL man came to the police station and told the officer-in-charge that the party leader in question asked the cop to see him. When the officer went to the AL leader's office, he saw 30-35 more party leaders there.
According to the SB report based on the GD, the AL leader told the OC that three senior police officers, including the OC, were not working as per the AL leaders' instructions. He alleged police were arresting hundreds of people only to release them later for lakhs of taka.
“You are not releasing those I want released. You are not arresting those I want arrested. You are not informing me before arresting anyone. I'm the party secretary general. From now on, you will not arrest anyone without consulting me…. You won't be able to work here [the name of the district taken out] if you detain anyone without my consent,” the report quotes the leader as telling the OC.
“My boys will roam around with guns and knives; they will take drugs. Don't arrest them,” he added.
But the OC told the AL leader that he would follow instructions of his superior officers, not his.
Later around 7:00pm that day, the AL leader called the OC and asked him to reconsider if the Shibir leader could be freed. When the OC replied in the negative, the leader said, “I will see to it how you can work at this police station.”