A ruling partner behind arrest of our leaders, acting Ahab Ameer says

Leaders of a partner in the ruling coalition provoked the government to arrest four Ahab leaders to hide their party's links with Islamist militants who are doing violence in the name of Islam.

This partner in the ruling coalition is gaining strength at the cost of BNP but its (BNP) leaders are yet to realise this, he said addressing a meeting of Ahab unit at Jhhowdanga in the Sadar upazila on Tuesday.

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It was addressed by Ahab central organising secretary Prof. Mohammad Sirajul Islam and publicity secretary ASM Abdul Latif and some local leaders.

"Election victory of the two parties (BNP and its coalition partner) in many constituencies depends on our support. We will teach them a good lesson if our leaders are not freed", Sirajul Islam said.

The Ahab leader hailed the arrest of JMB chief Abdur Rahman. He said, Ahab had close links with an Islamist party before the arrest Dr. Galib. That party supported Galib's arrest as a strategy to gain organisationally and also because it was scared of our strong base among the people, he claimed.

Ahab will change its strategy in the next election if Galib is not released, he said.