Major (retd.) Akhtaruzzaman released on bail

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.

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.