Top Hefazat leader Junaid Al Quasemi detained in Bangladesh

DHAKA: The Criminal Investigation Department of Bangladesh Police arrested Hefazat-e-Islam leader Junaid Al Quasemi, one of the masterminds of the militant outfit, from Brahmanbaria on Saturday morning.

Junaid was behind the violence unleashed in the district by the radical outfit during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh in March this year, Jisanul Haque, Senior Assistant Superintendent (media wing) of CID said.

Junaid is the son of Allama Nur Hossain Quasemi, who was the secretary general of the recently dissolved committee of Hefazat. Haque said the police are also probing if there is any case of sabotage against Junaid, as has been reported recently.

Earlier on Friday night, the police had arrested six persons, including militant leader from Brahmanbaria, Niazul Karim, in connection with the three-day mayhem unleashed in the district in March. The police have so far arrested 398 persons in connection with the case. Raich Uddin, Additional SP, said that six persons were arrested in a special operation from different places on Friday. (IANS)

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