Former Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed was arrested today in Rangpur. Photo: BSS

RANGPUR, Jan 30, 2025 (BSS) – The Rangpur Metropolitan Police arrested Nuruzzaman Ahmed, the former Social Welfare Minister of the ousted Awami League government from the city tonight.
 
Police sources said, he was arrested from his one relative's house in the Post Office lane on Central Road in the metropolis around 8:30 pm today.
 
Confirming the arrest, Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Majid Ali told reporters that Nuruzzaman Ahmed was arrested from that house based on secret information.
 
“There are several cases against him, including charges of assault, murder and attempt to murder during the anti-discrimination student movement," he told reporters.
 
A case has been filed against the minister and his son and 128 others in the incident of the death of Mahmudul Hasan Munna during the anti-discrimination movement in Rangpur. 
 
Munna's father Abdul Majid filed the case in the Rangpur Metropolitan Magistrate Court on August 29 last year. 
 
In this case, police conducted a raid at the city's Babupara station on Tuesday night (January 28) and arrested Al-Amin Hossain, the leader of the banned organization Chhatra League, along with a sharp weapon. 
 
Earlier, on October 27 last year, Lalmonirhat District Detective Branch (DB) police arrested Shamsuzzaman Ahmed Bhutto, the younger brother of former Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed, from Kaliganj Bazar in the same case.  

Meanwhile, some eight cases have been filed in the name of former minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed in Lalmonirhat district since August 5.