Cumilla: 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.
According to United News of Bangladesh, acting on secret information, a team of Debidwar Police Station conducted a drive at the Union Parishad office and arrested Mukul around 10 am. Md Maniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Debidwar Police Station, confirmed the operation.
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 following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led regime on August 5, 2024. Sabbir was subsequently taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Nazmul Hasan, the maternal uncle of Sabbir, filed a case against 99 people, including former MP Abul Kalam Azad. Chairman Mukul was listed as a criminal in the case.