Dhaka, May 30 -- The Army has detained a leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP) on allegations of extortion after he intercepted a cargo truck in Parbatipur Upazila of Dinajpur.

He was apprehended in Rasulpur on the Phulbari-Mithapukur road on Thursday night, said Abdullah Al Mamun, chief of Parbatipur Model Police Station.

The Army filed a case against the NCP leader that night and handed him over to the police.

The arrestee, 40-year-old Tariqul Islam, is the son of late Mahmudul Sarkar from West Rajabasor village.

OC Mamun said, "The Sena Kalyan Sangstha (SKS) secured the tender to collect abandoned goods from the Barapukuria Coal Mine. On Thursday evening, those goods were loaded into two trucks and were being taken from the co...