BCL VP arrseted after govt ban

Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested Iyaz Al Riad, vice-president of the central committee of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League.

Iyaz was picked up on Wednesday night hours after the interim government outlawed the BCL on terrorism and other charges.
Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (DC-Media) of the DMP confirmed the arrest on Thursday.

He didn't provide details.

Iyaz was also former general secretary of Dhaka University�s Bangabandhu Hall unit of the BCL.

On August 6, the immigration authorities arrested DU unit of BCL general secretary Tanvir Hasan Saikat at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.