Bangladesh arrests Islamist leader after violent protests
April 18, 2021 GMT
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) Police in Bangladesh on Sunday arrested an influential leader of an Islamist group that led violent protests against last month’s visit by India’s prime minister to the Muslim-majority nation, officials said.
Mamunul Haque of the group Hefazat-e-Islam faces charges of instigating violence, but police did not provide details on specific cases or whether the charges stem from Narendra Modi’s visit. Harunur Rashid, a senior Dhaka Metropolitan Police official, said in a short briefing that Haque was arrested from a madrassa, or Islamic school, in the capital of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area.
DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh on Sunday arrested hundreds of hardline Islamists, including an influential leader of Hefazat-i-Islam that led violent protests against last month’s visit by India’s prime minister to the Muslim-majority nation, officials said.Mamunul Haque of the group faces charges of instigating violence, but police did not provide details on specific cases or whether the charges stem from Narendra Modi’s visit.
A further 298 Hefazat supporters and activists were arrested in the eastern rural district of Brahmanbaria where anti-Modi demonstrations were also held, police said.
“We arrested them by identifying them through video footage,” Brahmanbaria police’s deputy chief, Mohammad Roish Uddin, said.
Julhas Alam April 19, 2021 - 3:39 AM
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A court in Bangladesh on Monday allowed police to continue to question an influential leader of an Islamist group that led violent protests against last monthâs visit by Indiaâs prime minister to the Muslim-majority nation.
Lawyers said Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari issued the decision after state counsels argued that Mamunul Haque of the group Hefazat-e-Islam was dangerous and investigators need to continue questioning him.
Haque was arrested Sunday and faces several charges, including hurting religious sentiment involving a case filed in Dhaka in 2020, state counsel Abdullah Abu said.
Bangladesh court allows police to question Islamist leader
JULHAS ALAM, Associated Press
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FILE-In this March 26, 2021 file photo, two factions of protestors clash after one faction of protesters began waving their shoes as a sign of disrespect to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and another group tried to stop them after Friday prayers at Baitul Mokarram mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Police in Bangladesh on Sunday arrested an influential leader of an Islamist group that led a violent protest against last month s visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Muslim-majority nation, officials said.Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) A court in Bangladesh on Monday allowed police to continue to question an influential leader of an Islamist group that led violent protests against last month’s visit by India’s prime minister to the Muslim-majority nation.