A local leader of Jessore Upazila Awami League was arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka while attempting to flee the country.

The arrestee was identified as Kabir Uddin Tota, chairman of Sharsha Upazila Sadar Union Parishad. 

A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained him early Monday (March 17) and later handed him over to Sharsha Police Station in Jashore.

He was produced before a Jashore court the same day, which ordered his imprisonment.

Sharsha Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Rabiul Islam confirmed the matter.

Kabir Uddin Tota faces three extortion cases filed with the police station, he added.

BDST: 2138 HRS, March 17, 2025
MSK