Jamaat activist ‘mastermind’ arrested in Chapainawabganj blast

District Correspondent

Police have arrested Jamaat activist Sharif Uddin Dulal, the ‘mastermind’ of the incident in which two people were killed and three others injured in a bomb explosion in Chapainawabganj the day after the election.

Sadar Model Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Sukomal Chandra Debnath confirmed this information on Monday afternoon.

Earlier, he was arrested in front of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday night.

Locals said that Dulal is the son of Maqbul Hossain of Phatapara, Charbaghdanga. Although he was previously involved in Awami League politics, he started working for Jamaat-e-Islami during the July 2024 riots.

Police Inspector (Investigation) Sukomal Chandra Debnath said that Dulal was arrested in front of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital based on a secret tip-off. He is not an accused in the case filed in connection with the blast.

However, the police investigation revealed that Dulal was the one responsible for the bomb. The police received information that the bomb was being made on his orders. When Dulal was taken to court in the afternoon, the judge ordered him to be sent to jail.

Earlier, police arrested five people, including three who were injured in the explosion.

Two youths, Jihad Ali and Al Amin, were killed in an explosion while making a bomb at a house in Phatapara, Charbaghdanga Union, Chapainawabganj Sadar Upazila, at around 5 am on Saturday. Bazlur Rahman, Shuvo and Minhaj Ali were injured.

Police said the injured are undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

The police have filed a case against 10 named people and about 10 other unidentified people in connection with the explosion.