Hizb ut-Tahrir man detained

Staff Correspondent, Ctg
Police yesterday arrested an alleged member of the banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chittagong city while he was putting up posters of the organisation. The arrestee, Arif Mahmud, is an LLM student at Chittagong University. AKM Mohiuddin Selim, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said Arif along with two others were pasting anti-state and anti-prime minister posters on the walls in front of Almas Cinema. However, Arif's cohorts managed to escape.