Two leaders of the Awami League and its affiliated Sramik League were arrested by the district detective police in Pabna while attending the nomination paper scrutiny of independent candidate and Awami League Information and Research Secretary Abu Sayeed for the Pabna-1 constituency. The arrests took place on Friday afternoon in front of the Pabna Deputy Commissioner’s office after the scrutiny session concluded.

The detainees were identified as Sirajul Islam Pramanik, former general secretary of Santhia municipal Awami League and former mayor, and Shahin Hossain, president of the municipal Sramik League. According to Pabna DB Police Officer-in-Charge Rashidul Islam, they were arrested in connection with a case filed at Santhia Police Station and will be presented before the court following legal procedures.

The report adds that on April 12 of the previous year, a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act was filed against former state minister for information Abu Sayeed and 163 others, accusing them of plotting to destabilize the state during a meeting held at his residence in Bera municipality.