Hefazat leader Maulana Ataullah arrested

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Maulana Ataullah, assistant secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam’s central committee, in a sabotage case filed with Paltan police station.

This was confirmed in a message sent from RAB headquarters on Wednesday (April 20).

Imran Hossain, Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) at RAB headquarters, confirmed the matter and said, “Maulana Ataullah was arrested from Rahmania Arabia Madrasa in the capital’s Mohammadpur area around 12:30am on Tuesday midnight.”