Police yesterday arrested a Jubo Dal leader in Munshiganj, a day after he was snatched by his supporters from Sreenagar Police Station.

Additional Superintendent of Police Anisur Rahman confirmed last night that Tariqul Islam was arrested at Deulbhog in Sreenagar.

Three more Jubo Dal leaders were also arrested in this connection and Sreenagar Police Station OC Qaiyum Uddin Chowdhury was withdrawn and attached to the district police lines, police said.

The development came after some members of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement blocked the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway yesterday, demanding the arrest of those involved in the snatching incident.

They demonstrated near the Dhaleshwari Toll Plaza in South Keraniganj around 12:00pm, chanting slogans and demanding the arrest of those involved, said Hasara Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Quader Jilani.

The hour-long blockade caused a long tailback on the expressway, leading to significant public suffering.

Sazzadur Rahman, a resident of the Lauhajang area traveling from Dhaka, said, "My elderly mother is sick at my village home. I'm going there to take her to Dhaka for admission to a hospital. But I've been stuck in traffic congestion for a long time."

A bus driver of Ilish Paribahan said, "What is our fault? Hundreds of passengers and transport operators are trapped here for hours..."After about an hour, the students cleared the expressway following assurances from senior police officers that immediate legal action would be taken against the perpetrators. Tariqul was arrested on Friday evening on charges of assaulting a person in the area.Around four hours after his arrest, some 200 Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal activists stormed the police station and snatched him away.

Police yesterday filed a case against 31 named individuals and 160-170 unnamed others in connection with the incident, said ASP Anisur Rahman.

"While taking the accused away, they punched and injured policemen," he said.

Meanwhile, Tariqul has been expelled from Jubo Dal.

Last night, a press release signed by Minhajul Islam Bhuiyan, the joint office secretary of Jubo Dal's central executive committee, confirmed the expulsion.

The action was taken against him for obstructing law enforcers in discharging duties through undue influence, the release said.

The release further said the youth wing of the BNP will not be held responsible for any misdeeds of the expelled leader.

District Jubo Dal member secretary Md Masud Rana said, "Our party won't tolerate any injustice."