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BNP leader arrested

11 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Barisal

Manpura police Sunday night arrested Abdul Mannan Howlader, secretary of Manpura upazila BNP and UP chairman of Hazirhat union in Bhola. Mannan was sent to jail yesterday as his bail prayer was rejected by the court. Earlier, police raided his Hazirhat house and arrested him. SI Abdul Jalil told The Daily Star that a case was filed with Manpura Police Station against him on Saturday by Rahela Begum, wife of local Swechchasebok League leader Helaluddin, allegedly for assaulting her and ransacking and looting her house on the day.