United News of Bangladesh

Detectives have arrested former MP and President of Lalmonirhat district Awami Mohila League – Advocate Safura Begum Rumi – in the capital. A team of the district Detective Branch (DB) of police, with assistance from the local police station, picked her up from Mohammadpur area in Dhaka on Wednesday night, according to a press release issued on Thursday morning by Lalmonirhat Superintendent of Police Asaduzzaman. Safura Begum Rumi, wife of Abdullah of Taluk Khutamara area in Lalmonirhat town, is a former MP from a reserved women’s seat (Lalmonirhat-Kurigram) and also a member of the central Awami League. The press release said she is accused in five cases, including charges of sabotage and murder. Police claimed that she had been in hiding since August 5, 2024 when the Awami League government fell in the face of a mass upsurge. The DB traced her location using technology and subsequently arrested her in a drive, the statement said. Following the arrest, Safura Begum Rumi has been brought to Lalmonirhat to be produced before a court.