Kasemi latest Hefajat leader to be arrested
Maulana Korban Ali Kasemi. Photo: Collected
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Maulana Korban Ali Kasemi, the vice-president of Hefajat-e-Islam's Dhaka Mahanagar committee, was arrested by Detective Branch of Gulshan Division police from the capital's Basabo area around 5:30pm today.
Mashiur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Gulshan Division DB police, told The Daily Star that Kasemi -- joint secretary general of Bangladesh Khilafah Majlis --was found to be involved in the Shapla Chattar violence in 2013 and recent violent activities at the Baitul Mukarram mosque on March 26.
Kasemi will be shown arrested in a case filed regarding these incidents of violence, he added.