Acting on a tip off, plainclothes SB raided Peter's house in Bagmara. The Bangla Bhai man brawled with SB constable Afsar and hurt him, but could not escape arrest.

Additional force from Bagmara Police Station rushed to the scene and took Peter in their custody.

Sources said local BNP leaders lobbied police for the release of Peter, who is said to be a nephew of Deputy Minister for Land Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu.

But the police sent Peter to a court immediately. However, the law enforcers are not going to sue him for attacking them, police sources said.

Peter and his group attacked and injured Shahikul Islam, daily Janakantha correspondent of Bagmara, when he was going to the local press club.

They attacked him for assisting journalists to report on Bangla Bhai men and the activities of Jagrata Muslim Janata, Bangladesh.