BNP leader Amir Khasru arrested

The Detective Branch of police arrested BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury from his Banani residence yesterday.

Confirming the incident to The Daily Star, Shamsuddin Didar, a senior member of the BNP chairperson's press wing, said Amir was picked up from his home around 10:00pm.

Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court placed BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan and the party's Senior-Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on one-day remands each in a violence case filed with Paltan Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mosharraf Hossain passed the order after they were produced before the court. Kabir Hossain Howlader, a DB inspector and the case investigating officer, sought two-day remands for each, said a court source.

DB arrested Nazrul from his Banani residence early yesterday, while police arrested Rizvi from in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Friday afternoon.

On the other hand, Nurul Haque Nur, convener of the Gono Odhikar Parishad, was allegedly picked up by law enforcers from his Uttara home early yesterday.

Speaking to journalists, Nur's wife Maria Nur, alleged that law enforcers broke the front door and entered their house.

"I looked for my husband at the DB office. But they denied arresting him. I clearly saw that those who picked up my husband were wearing Rab, DB, and police uniforms," she said, demanding to know the whereabouts of her husband and his unconditional release.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demanded the immediate release of the arrestees.