RAB arrests ex-MP Abul Kalam Azad

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Wednesday night arrested former lawmaker of Rajshahi-4 constituency Abul Kalam Azad from city’s Mirpur on charge of attacking protestors during the anti-discrimination movement.

Abul Kalam Azad was arrested from the city's Mirpur area at 8pm, RAB legal and media wing director Lt Col Munim Ferdous told BSS.

He was wanted in a number of cases filed in connection with July-August mass uprising.

Azad will be handed over to police soon, Ferdous said.