DHAKA: Bahrain police have arrested Ali Salman, head of the main Shia opposition bloc Al-Wefaq that has spearheaded protests against the authorities in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.

The group said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.

‘Al-Wefaq can confirm that sheikh Ali Salman has been arrested,’ it said in a brief statement.

‘He is in detention after a series of illegal measures which comprised summonsing him to the office of criminal investigation and bringing him before a public prosecutor,’ the statement added, without elaborating.

BDST: 2151 HRS, DEC 28, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor