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Jamaat leader held in Sylhet
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UNB, Sylhet
Police arrested Jamaat-e-Islami district (South) unit general secretary Maulana Lokman Ahmad on various charges from his house in South Surma upazila early today.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a raid at the house of Lokman, also former chairman of the upazila parishad, and arrested him around 3:00am, said Ataur Rahman, officer-in-charge of South Surma Police Station.
The Jamaat leader is accused in many cases, the OC added.
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