A newly appointed member of the Lalmohan upazila unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, Md Sharif Chowdhury, 26, has been arrested by the Coast Guard with 169 yaba tablets in Bhola’s Lalmohan. Following his arrest, he was expelled from the student organisation.

Coast Guard personnel detained Sharif on Saturday night while he was allegedly under the influence of drugs in the Gudirpul area of Lalmohan municipality. He was later handed over to Lalmohan Police Station.

Sharif is the son of Lalu Mia and a resident of the Chourasta intersection area in Ward No. 7 of Badrpur Union in Lalmohan upazila. He was recently named a member of the newly formed Lalmohan upazila Chhatra Dal committee.

Commenting on the incident in a Facebook post, Lalmohan upazila Chhatra Dal General Secretary Junaidul Islam Nayan said the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal had never accepted, and would never accept, responsibility for the personal misconduct of any individual.

He added that anyone engaging in irregularities, misconduct or corruption for personal gain outside the organisation’s rules and discipline would be held personally responsible.

In a press release issued on Sunday (October 25), Bhola district Chhatra Dal President Abdullah Al Russell and General Secretary Nur Mohammad Rubel announced Sharif’s expulsion from the organisation, including his primary membership, over specific allegations of violating organisational discipline.

The district leaders also instructed members at all levels of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal to maintain no organisational ties with him.

Lalmohan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Nazrul Islam said the Coast Guard arrested Sharif with 169 yaba tablets and handed him over to the police on Saturday night.

A case has been filed against him under the Narcotics Control Act, and he was sent to court on Sunday, the OC added.