 The police Friday took the wife of a magistrate into custody following a brawl with a RAB member at the Bangla Academy Book Fair premises, reports UNB. The police said Hasina Momtaz had an altercation with RAB-2 member Zannat as she wanted to search Momtaz's handbag and body before entering into the book fair premises at about 11:30am. Momtaz got furious and started slapping Zannat. At that stage, other RAB members took both of them to the Shahbagh Police Station and filed a case against Momtaz in this connection. Mufti Shahidul Islam, senior Naeb-e-Amir of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish, surrendered to the members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka on Wednesday. Khelafat Majlish sources said, “Mufti Shahidul informed the RAB-2 of his wish to “surrender voluntarily”. The forces came to his Shyamoli residence on Wednesday noon and arrested him. Mufti Shahidul Islam, a probable MP candidate of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance from the constituency of Narail-2, is believed to be patroniser of the Islamic terrorist outfit JMB. There is a strong allegation of supplying funds to the terrorist outfit JMB by collecting from different Arab countries. He is now under the RAB custody. Soon he would be produced before the court, sources said. Mufti Shahidul decided to surrender as the army-led joint forces had been looking for him during the last several days, sources said. Meanwhile, two more BNP leaders and former lawmakers Ali Asgor Lobi and Salahuddin Ahmed were sent to Dhaka central jail on Wednesday with 30 days of detention. The army-led joint forces arrested Ali Asgar Lobi, a former BNP lawmaker and president of Bangladesh Cricket Board, and Salahuddin Ahmed, former state minister for Communications of the immediate-past 4-party government from their respective houses on Tuesday. Metropolitan magistrate Selina Akhter rejected their bail petitions and ordered for 30 days’ detention under the Special Powers Act. The public prosecutor submitted to the court that Salahuddin was involved in heavy corruption in construction of CNG fuel stations. He was also involved in activities against public interest. The public prosecutor submitted to the court that Ali Asgar Lobi as the Cricket Board chief had prepared unnecessary projects and embezzled huge money out of those projects. |