[chottala.com] Midnight Knock Continues : Proshika chief, son detained, released

Proshika chief, son detained, released     Thu, Oct 25th, 2007 3:13 am BdST

Abu Noman Sajib bdnews24.com Correspondent Dhaka, Oct 25 ( bdnews24.com) – Joint forces detained and then released Proshika chief Kazi Faruque Ahmed and his son early Thursday morning after raiding his home. They also raided the homes of former state minister Jahanara Begum and former Awami League lawmaker Rahmatullah Wednesday night. The forces released Kazi Faruque and the son Kazi Rubayet Ahmed, who heads the NGO's IT wing, at around 2:50am after taking them to Proshika office at around 2am. They searched the office of the NGO in Mirpur-2 for about half an hour. The forces first swooped on the home of Jahanara, also former prime minister Khaleda Zia's adviser and now LDP secretary general. The forces first swooped on the home of Jahanara, also former prime minister Khaleda Zia's adviser and now LDP secretary general. As the raid was on, Jahanara said to bdnews24.com by telephone, "Members of joint forces are in my home. They are questioning me." The raid began at around 10pm. The forces also launched a raid on the AL leader Rahmatullah's house on road 11/A in Gulshan 2. He was not at home at the time. The law-enforcers left after questioning Rahmatullah's daughter Ani and her husband Hayat, security guard of the house Jalaluddin told bdnews24.com correspondent Abu Noman Sajib. He also said 10-12 were army men and two plainclothesmen. 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