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Sylhet Bureau/

Advisor to BNP Chairperson Khandaker Abdul Muktadir was arrested from Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. He was arrested by the Kotwali police station at around 3 pm on Saturday.

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Additional Deputy Commissioner Sudeep Das said the arrest warrant was in a case filed against Khandkar Muktadir in 2018 under the Special Powers Act. He said that the arrest warrant has been filed by the Tamil police. Khandkar Muktadir was arrested by the police after landing in Sylhet by air from Dhaka.

He was kept at Kotwali police station in the afternoon, said OC Mohammad Ali Mahmud. He said that a case was filed against him under the Special Powers Act in connection with the violence during the 2018 national elections. An arrest warrant was recently issued against him by the court in that case.

Nasim Hossain, president of Nagar BNP, said about Muktadir’s arrest, “We will not give any response at the moment.” Because, I am collecting the documents of the case – whether there is actually a warrant or not. As far as I know he is on bail.

Incidentally, Khandaker Abdul Muktadir is the top leader of Sylhet BNP. He is one of the policy makers of BNP politics in Sylhet. He has a ring of his own. In the last national election, he contested as a party candidate of BNP in Sylhet-1 seat. Leaders and activists said that Muktadi will be nominated if he participates in the next election.