Three Hizb-ut Tahrir men held

They were distributing leaflets containing anti-government statements in the Hill View Residential Area in Chittagong

Police detained three activists of banned Islamist organisation Hizb-ut Tahrir in the port city’s Panchlaish area on Friday.

Shah Mohammad Abdur Rouf, assistant commissioner of Panchlaish circle of Chittagong Metropolitan Police, told the Dhaka Tribune they caught the trio around 3:30pm as they were distributing leaflets containing anti-government statements in the Hill View Residential Area.

The detainees are Farhad Alam, 23, master’s student of Statistics Department of Chittagong University; Ataul Islam, 24, fourth year student of the same department; and MM Iftekhar Uddin, 30.

A case was lodged with Panchlaish police station in this connection, said the police official.

Source : dhakatribune.com