Missing teacher held with arms

Police said they arrested a teacher with arms yesterday. But the arrestee's wife claimed that plainclothes policemen picked up her husband from their rented house in Beparipara area of the district town on July 30, and he has been missing since then.

The arrestee is Minarul Islam, 34, son of late Younus Ali Khandakar of Khamarail village under Sadar upazila.

The victim's wife Meherun Nessa said at a press conference at Jhenidah Press Club on Wednesday that her husband is an assistant teacher at KG Lead International School, and is not involved in any politics.

Harendranath Sarkar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station, said a police team arrested Minarul when he was moving suspiciously in the bus terminal area in the early hours yesterday. They found a shutter gun in his bag.

According to locals, Minarul is involved in Jamaat-Shibir activities.