Advocate Khairul Kabir Rumen, a named accused in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act at the Sunamganj Sadar Police Station on September 18, was detained by the Sunamganj Sadar Model Police Station, according to Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ratan Sheikh. He was apprehended from the Traffic Point area of Sunamganj town at around 6:30 PM on Tuesday.
Advocate Humayun Kabir, general secretary of the Sunamganj District Bar Association, stated that Advocate Rumen, who is a former general secretary of the association and former public prosecutor, had come on Tuesday afternoon to surrender in connection with that case.
Instead of surrendering, he chose to sit with his colleagues at the office of the Sunamganj District Bar Association. Sensing his presence, a team of police personnel in plainclothes took up positions around the bar association. Eventually, at around 6:30 PM, Sunamganj District Bar Association President Advocate Abdul Hamid, General Secretary Humayun Kabir, and other colleagues escorted him on motorcycles and handed him over to the Sunamganj Sadar Police Station.
Advocate Khairul Kabir Rumen serves as the vice-president of the banned Sunamganj District Awami League, is a former public prosecutor, and a former general secretary of the Sunamganj District Bar Association.
