Police arrested a Union Parishad Chairman from Debidwar upazila of Cumilla district in connection with the killing of an auto-rickshaw driver during the July uprising on Monday.
The arrestee is Mokbul Hossain Mukul, chairman of Gunaighar Uttar Union Parishad and president of Gunaighar union unit Awami League.
Acting on secret information, a team of Debidwar Police Station conducted a drive at the Union Parishad office and arrested Mukul around 10 am, said Md Maniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Debidwar Police Station.
Aminul Islam Sabbir, an auto-rickshaw driver, received bullet injuries on his head when he along with other local people went to Debidwar Police Station to besiege it after the fall of the Sheikha Hasina-led regime on August 5, 2024.
Later, he was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Nazmul Hasan, maternal uncle of Sabbir filed a case against 99 people including former MP Abul Kalam Azad. Chairman Mukul was the ezhar-listed criminal in the case.
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