Laxmichari acting UP Chairman and his office staff arrested by army

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News No. 187/2009, November 13, 2009

Laxmichari acting Union Parishad chairman Swapan Chakma, his secretary Md. Habibullah and peon Eka Chakma were arrested from their office late in the evening yesterday, sources said.

Laxmichari zone Commander Lt. Col. Shariful Islam, notorious for torturing innocent people, made the arrest himself and handed them over to the police.

“Swapn may not be that clean, but I think he has been arrested for speaking against the misdeeds of Lt. Col. Shariful Islam in a press conference in Dhaka.” said a school teacher in Laxmichari on condition of anonymity.

Newspaper reports say they have been arrested on charge of misappropriation of VGF (Vulnerable Group Feeding) food grains, and a case has been filed against them.

“But the news, as reported in some dailies including Daily Purbokone, that they were arrested by police is not true,” commented a Upazila vice president of Laxmichari who has gone into hiding in fear of reprisals from Lt. Col. Sharif.