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Outlaw held in Sirajganj

28 October 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Sirajganj

Police early yesterday arrested a leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) from Paikora village under Deshigram union in Tarash upazila. Arrestee Afsar Ali, 38, is son of Mofiz Uddin and a regional leader of PBCP. He is also wanted in trader Abul Kalam Azad murder case. Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Md Mokhlesur Rahman, officer in-charge of Tarash police station raided the house of Afsar Ali at Paikora village at around 3.00 am and arrested him.