Police arrested Awami League leader Borhan Uddin Chowdhury Murad from the Gulshan residence of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed in Dhaka. The operation took place in the Gulshan-2 area at about 10:30am on Sunday, August 10, 2026. Murad is the relief and social welfare secretary of Anwara উপজেলা Awami League and previously served as a personal assistant to former Chattogram-13 MP Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu.
Murad faces multiple cases involving allegations of abuse of power, abduction, ransom collection and involvement in banned political activities. In October 2024, he was named as a principal accused in a case filed at Anwara police station against Javed and his associates. The complaint alleged that, on the former minister’s instructions, the accused took a person away, held him at an undisclosed location, tortured him and collected Tk10 lakh in ransom.
Murad was also named in a case against 138 people under the Anti-Terrorism Act over a procession by the banned Awami League in Anwara in October 2025. Javed and former state minister for finance Wasika Ayesha Khan were also accused in that case. Anwara police station officer-in-charge Jonayet Chowdhury said Murad would be shown arrested in the multiple cases filed there.
উপজেলা প্রতিনিধি, আনোয়ারা (চট্টগ্রাম) প্রকাশ : ১০ আগস্ট ২০২৬, ১৪: ৩৭আপডেট : ১০ আগস্ট ২০২৬, ১৫: ০৬ সাবেক ভূমিমন্ত্রী সাইফুজ্জামান চৌধুরী জাবেদের রাজধানীর গুলশানের বাসা থেকে আওয়ামী লীগ নেতা বোরহান উদ্দিন চৌধুরী মুরাদকে গ্রেপ্তার করেছে পুলিশ। রোববার সকা
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