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Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from his house at Surat village in Sadar upazila early Saturday in connection with several cases.

Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Hasan Hafizur Rahman said tipped off, a team of police conducted a raid on the house of Matiur Rahman, ammer of Sadar thana unit of Jamaat, in the dead of night and arrested him.

Police arrested the Jamaat leader in a case filed for vandalising a Liberation War sculpture, the OC added.

The arrestee was wanted in several cases, including for attacking police, he said further