Jatiya Party leader Mamunur Rashid ‘co-conspirator’ to US citizen, police say

Police have claimed that Kazi Md Mamunur Rashid, secretary general of the Raushon Ershad-led faction of the Jatiya Party, was working as an associate of Enayet Karim Chowdhury, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin who was detained for “suspicious movement” on Dhaka’s Minto Road. Based on Mamunur’s initial interrogation, police said in his remand plea on Monday that the Jatiya Party leader had received Enayet at the airport upon his arrival in Bangladesh. He was allegedly arranging Enayet's accommodation, covering his expenses,...