Khaleda's press secretary's son arrested for Tahrir link
A son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's press secretary and another youth were arrested from the city's Mohammadpur yesterday on charge of their involvement with banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Rishad Kamal Khan, 20, son of Khaleda Zia's press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel, passed A-level this year, and another detainee Faisal Ahmed, 20, passed engineering from a polytechnic institute.
Biplab Sarkar, assistant Commissioner of Mohammadpur zone, told The Daily Star that they arrested Rishad and Faisal from Nurjahan Road around 3:00pm when they were putting up posters of the organization banned on October 22 last year.
The law enforcers also recovered 16 posters of Hizb ut-Tahrir from their possession, the AC said and added that a case was filed against the duo under the anti-terrorism act.
The posters contained slogans blaming India for the 2009 Pilkhana carnage and the deaths of army persons deputed to Bangladesh Rifles, now Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court yesterday sent both Rishad and Faisal to jail after police produced them before the court seeking a five-day remand for them. The court fixed December 7 for the hearing of the remand and sent them to jail.
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