Police on September 12 arrested Jammat-e-Islami (JeI) leader Nizam Uddin Siddiqui from Bishwanath municipality area of Sylhet District, reports Prothom Alo. Nizam was the former Naib-e-Amir of Bishwanath Upazila Jamaat wing and the former chairman of Khazanchi Union Parishad in Sylhet. On 23 September, 2019, Police arrested 17 top leaders of Bishwanath upazila JeI from the house of Naib-e-Amir Emad Uddin at Gandharkapon village in Bishwanath during a secret meeting. Soon after the arrest Police filed a case against them under the Speedy Trial Act. Nizam, an accused in the case was fugitive for a long time, said Police sources.