Major (retd.) Akhtaruzzaman has been released from prison on bail in a case over obstructing government work at the airport and misbehaving with officials. He was released from Dhaka Central Jail on Tuesday morning. At that time, central leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami greeted him at the jail gate. Earlier, he had secured bail from the High Court on November 1.
On October 1, Group Captain S M Rageeb Samad, Executive Director of the airport, went to calm passengers who were upset due to a delay in receiving luggage from a flight arriving from Medina. In that connection, on October 2, Akhtaruzzaman was arrested by DB police from his home in the Cantonment area of Dhaka on allegations of disrespectful behavior toward him, pushing him, and threatening to beat him.
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Major (retd.) Akhtaruzzaman, who was associated with BNP politics for a long time, was expelled from the party in 2022. Later, before the 13th National Parliamentary Election in 2026, he joined Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
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