Police arrested two senior leaders of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal (JJD) from the capital on Wednesday.
They are Abdul Monaem Munna, general secretary of Jubo Dal Central Committee and SM Jahangir Hossain, former president of the youth wing’s Dhaka Metropolitan North Unit. Shairul Kabir Khan, member of BNP Media Cell, confirmed it to the Daily Sun.
He said that police held them while they were returning to their houses from a discussion meeting held at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in Ramna in the afternoon. Hayatul Islam Khan, deputy commissioner of Motijheel Crime Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said they arrested Munna in a case filed for vandalising vehicles at Naya Paltan area on December 7 last year.
On the arrest of Jahangir, also former vice-president of JJD Central Committee, he said that he was unaware of the matter.
