Katakhali Mayor Abbas Ali Detained from Dhaka Hotel

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Rajshahi's Katakhali municipality mayor Abbas Ali from a hotel in Dhaka early Wednesday for his remarks about a mural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports media.

Confirming the matter, RAB's legal and media wing assistant director Khandaker Al Moin, said a team raided Hotel Razmoni Ishakha in Kakrail area at early hours and detained the mayor from there where he boarded on Tuesday.

The drive is still on at the hotel, the RAB official said. 

Moin said, in primary interrogation, Abbas Ali admitted his remark which spread on social media.

The Awami League has removed him from the post of convener as well as from its Rajshahi District Committee after an audio recording containing his comments on the mural of Bangabandhu was revealed.