Police have arrested a high-ranking leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in Chattogram. Maulana Jahirul Islam is Jamaat-e-Islami’s Banshkhali upazila organisational secretary. He is also the former upazila chairman of Banshkhali. Sources told UNB that Maulana Jahirul was picked up by cops from his house in the Teri Bazar area under the jurisdiction of Kotwali police station around 11.30pm on Thursday. Chattogram district's additional police superintendent Afjarul Haque Tutul confirmed Maulana Jahirul's arrest on Friday. However, the reason behind Maulana Jahirul's arrest has not yet been disclosed by police. Jamayat leaders of south districts claimed that Maulana Jahirul was out on bail in the case of alleged vandalism in the district. However, Banshkhali police station’s Officer-in-Charge Shafiul Kabir said that he came to know about the Jamaat leader's arrest from social media posts.

Narayanganj metropolitan Jamaat-e-Islami amir Maulana Mainuddin Ahmed and Sonargaon Jatiya Party president Shambhupura UP chairman Abdur Rauf have been arrested in connection with the violence in Narayanganj during Hefazat-e-Islam strike, last month. Narayanganj additional superintendent of police (A Circle) Mehedi Imran Siddiki confirmed this. The UP chairman Abdur Rauf was arrested on Monday afternoon and the Jamaat amir Maulana Mainuddin Ahmed was arrested on Sunday night. Also read: 12 more Hefazat supporters held over Brahmanbaria violence The court has sent the Amir of Jamaat to jail and fixed Wednesday for the remand hearing He has been shown as an accused in three cases of Siddhirganj police station. In one of the cases, the police asked for a 7-day remand. However, Maulana Mainuddin Ahmed's lawyer Main Uddin Mia said he was not an accused in any of the three cases. "Besides, we do not believe that Maulana Mainuddin was involved in the incident mentioned in the statement of case," he added. Also read: Hefazat leader Mamunul Haq finally arrested On March 28, Hefazat-e-Islam called for a nationwide strike. During the strike supporters of Hefazat vandalized and set fire to more than 50 vehicles on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Signboard, Sanarpar and Shimrail areas of Narayanganj. In this incident, 8 separate cases were filed in Siddhirganj police station accusing 132 people and hundreds of unidentified persons. 35 accused have been arrested so far in these cases, police said.

Police on Saturday arrested Jamaat-e-Islami’s Bakalia Thana unit chief Abul Monsur.