BNP leader Gayeshwar arrested

MNA National Desk: Police last night arrested two BNP leaders, including its Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, police said.

He was arrested around 9:30pm from in front of Police Plaza on charges of “plotting” an attack on policemen near the Supreme Court and snatching two party activists from a prison van, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia.

Meanwhile, BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that he was arrested as part of government’s ‘dangerous and evil design’.

The BNP leader demanded the government immediately release Gayeshwar and stop arresting and harassing BNP leaders.

Earlier in the day, police detained 69 leaders and activists of BNP as they allegedly attacked law enforcers and snatched two of their peers vandalising a prison van in front of the High Court in the afternoon.