Dhaka, May 29 -- The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has withdrawn its decision to keep jewellery shops across the country closed for an indefinite period, a day after announcing the programme protesting the arrest of its vice-president Md Riponul Hasan.

In a press release on Thursday, BAJUS said members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Riponul Hasan from his business establishment at Tantibazar in the capital on 28 May in a false and fabricated case using a fake political identity.

"The political identity mentioned in the case by police is completely false. Riponul Hasan never held that position. He is not involved with any political organisation, nor has he ever been a member of any political party," the statem...