Pirojpur, Aug. 17 -- An Awami League leader who had distributed sweets to celebrate the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi in a 1971 war crimes case has been handed over to police in Pirojpur's Indurkani upazila.

Md Ehsan Hiron is the organising secretary of the Balipara Union Awami League in Indurkani.

He was arrested from the Ghosherhat Bazar area on Saturday night after being caught by locals, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Maruf Hossain of Indurkani Police Station.

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Ehsan came under public attention in 2013 after he reportedly distributed sweets in the area following the International Crimes Tribunal's verdict on 28 February that year,...