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US embassy official concerned Claims Jamaat

15 July 2010, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Staff Correspondent

A political officer of the US embassy in Dhaka yesterday expressed concern over the recent arrest of top ranking leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, claimed a Jamaat press release. The officer, Partha Majumdar, met Jamaat's acting secretary general ATM Azaharul Islam at the party's central office in Moghbazar at around 10:00am yesterday. During the meeting, the political officer and Jamaat leaders discussed the present situation of the country, the press release added. Party central leader Dr Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher was also present at the meeting.