LAXMIPUR: Police detained an arms trainer of Jamaat-e-Islami from Bhabaniganj Bazar under Sadar Upazila of the district on Thursday night.

The detainee is- Saiful Islam, president of Bhabaniganj unit workers’ wing of Jamaat-e-Islami.

Laxmipur Sadar Thana Sub-Inspector Zillur Rahman said that Saiful Islam was former Army personnel. He trained Jamaat-Shibir men in various secret places.

He was wanted several cases for different subversive acts including cutting roads and trees, he added.

BDST: 1247 HRS, MAR 21, 2014