Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested the person who claimed himself as an advisor to US President Joe Biden throughout BNP’s occasion at Nayapaltan workplace on Saturday.
He was apprehended at Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport on Sunday afternoon whereas making an attempt to depart for the US.
KN Roy Niaty, Further Deputy Commissioner (Media and PR) of Dhaka Metropalitan Police confirmed this.
Earlier Residence Minister Asaduzzaman Khan stated that the identification of the particular person has been revealed.
His actual identify is Mia Jahidul Islam Arif, a Bangladeshi-American residing within the state of Arizona. He hails from Ullapara in Sirajganj.
Jahidul Islam claiming to be President Joe Biden’s ‘adviser’ had addressed a press convention on the BNP headquarters in regards to the clashes over the social gathering’s rally on Saturday.
Within the viral video, a person figuring out himself as Arafi stated that he had despatched messages to some individuals, together with US Ambassador Peter Haas, in regards to the scenario in Bangladesh.
Nevertheless, the US Embassy in Dhaka says that the particular person, figuring out himself as Mian Arafi, isn’t related to the US authorities.
A video of BNP chief Engineer Ishraque Hossain’s press convention on the BNP HQ on Saturday night went viral on social media.
Information unfold {that a} delegation of the US Embassy had visited the realm after the lethal conflict. However the Embassy stated it was not true.
When requested in regards to the curious growth on Saturday night, US Embassy spokesman Stephen Ibelli instructed the media that such data is “fully false”.
Regardless of the uproar on social media and political circles, the BNP got here to its senses after about two to a few hours.
In a notification issued at evening, the social gathering stated it had no details about the one who spoke on the press convention and the BNP was not knowledgeable by the US Embassy about him.
The incident has been a subject of dialogue on the social media and the political circles.
The US Embassy was fast to situation a clarification. “That gentleman doesn’t converse for the US authorities. He’s a non-public particular person,” Ibelli stated.
