Sunday, February 1, 2009

PCJSS leader Shaktipara Tripura arrested by police in Dhaka

A Dhaka court on Saturday sent to jail a Chittagong Hill Tracts leader, who had been on the run since two cases had been filed against him on charges of arms and currency smuggling in 2007.

Ferdaus Ara of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka, ordered Shaktipada Tripura, who is the organising secretary of the Parbotyo Choṭṭogram Jonoshonghoti Shomiti, into jail after he had been picked up from a Mirpur house on Friday night.

Ara also rejected a petition for his bail.

The cases had been filed against Tripura in a Khagrachhari court, said Mohammad Shahjahan Khan, sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station.

The lawyers for Tripura, who is also a leader of Adivashi Forum, said two cases were filed with the court in 2007.

He was arrested when he had been preparing to return to Khagrachhari to fight the cases, they added.

Source: http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=74596&cid=2