Feni, April 19 -- Sonagazi upazila unit Awami League President Ruhul Amin was arrested on Friday in connection with the madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case.

A team of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) picked Ruhul Amin, also vice-president of the governing body of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa, up from his Takia Road residence in the upazila around 5:30pm, said PBI Additional Superintendent of Police Abu Taher.

With this, a total of 18 people, including eight FIR-named accused, have so far been arrested over the murder of the madras girl.

Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a student of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa in Sonagazi upazila of Feni, was set ablaze on April 6 allegedly for refusing to withdraw a case filed against p...