Police have arrested Hefazat-e-Islam central assistant publicity secretary Maulana Gaji Yaqub Osmani.
He was arrested from Feni on Thursday evening.
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Osmani,44, is also organising secretary of Brahmanbaria district committee of Jamiat-e-Olamaye-Islam.
He was accused of being involved in Hefazat’s rampage in Brahmanbaria district and all across the country on March 26, 27 and 28.
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A special team of Brahmanbaria district police arrested him.
The accused Hefazat leader has reportedly admitted to his involvement with the three-day long rampage by Hefazat in Brahmanbaria and across the country in primary interrogation, police said.