Narsingdi: Police have arrested Manjur Elahi, chairman of Mirzapur Union Parishad (UP) under Raipura upazila of the district and finance secretary of the upazila unit of Bangladesh Awami League. He was arrested on Wednesday afternoon from the Mirzapur UP Office as part of Operation Devil Hunt (Phase-2), police said. Mohammad Mujibor Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Raipura Police Station, confirmed the matter.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, eyewitnesses and local sources reported that a team of law enforcement officials arrived at the UP Office around noon and detained Manjur Elahi. After verifying necessary documents, police formally showed him arrested under the Anti-Terrorism Act and took him to the police station.
Police stated that the operation is part of an ongoing special drive aimed at maintaining law and order and indicated that such operations will continue. Manjur was arrested in connection with a case filed with Raipura Police Station, the OC said, adding, “He also faces another case, filed with Narsingdi Sadar Police Station.”