Staff Correspondent:

DHAKA, Nov 14 (BDReports24) — Detective police have arrested a former leader of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal in the cital on serious allegations of extortion and patronizing local juvenile delinquency rings.

The arrest was confirmed by Mohammad Ziauddin Ahmed, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the Detective Branch (Tejgaon Division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. According to the senior police official, the suspect had been running an extortion racket and using teenage gangs to maintain dominance in his area.

Investigators are examining his network and financial activities to identify other individuals linked to these criminal syndicates as legal proceedings continue against him.