Sylhet, Oct. 22 -- Kamal Ahmed, president of Jaintiapur upazila unit of the Awami League and a former upazila chairman, was detained by immigration police at the Tamabil immigration checkpoint in Sylhet on Thursday.

He was detained at 12:05pm when he arrived at the checkpoint to travel from Bangladesh to India.

Jaintiapur Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman Molla said four members of the Tamabil police outpost under Gowainghat Police Station arrived at the checkpoint after the authorities concerned were informed of his detention.

Later, a police team led by Sub-Inspector Didarul Islam of Jaintiapur Police Station took him into police custody at around 12:50pm, he said.

The OC said Several cases are pending ...