Tarique Rahman's business partner Giasuddin Ai-Mamun was arrested in the capital sometime Wednesday, laying to rest week-long rumours surrounding the high-profile capture.

An intelligence official requesting not to be named told The Daily Star last night that Mamun was picked up from the city's Paltan area.

Meanwhile, the joint forces did not release Awatni League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina's Assistant Personal Secretary Dr Awlad Hossain who was hauled in -on Wednesday night along with two others from Dhan mondi area.

Sources said the security forces held one Russell when he went to draw Tk 25 lakh from a bank in Motijheel. Later, followingup leads obtained from him, a team of intelligence officials and Rab men went to the house No. 38 at Nayapaltan and raided a fourth-floor flat owned by one Liton.

Shah Mosharraf Hossain, general secretary of the flat owners association of the seven-storey building, told reporters yesterday that the law enforcers held four persons around 2:00pm, blindfolded them and whisked them away. He, however, could not con-

firm whether Mamun was among them.

When asked, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Naim Ahmed yesterday said he did not know anything about the capture.

Accordingto a source, Mamun's wife has not kept in contact with him since he was first arrested on January 11 hours after declaration ofthestateofemergency.

He was, however, freed later. And since then, the joint forces had been combing tiirough the capital and places elsewhere in the country forhim.

In another development, Awlad, held shortly after comingout of the AL president's Shudha Sadan residence Wednesday evening, has been taken to an undisclosed place, said sources.

That lie was released a couple of hours after the arrest was learnt to have been wrong yesterday. As of last night, he was not produced before a court or handed over to the police.

Like him, former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League Jahangir Sattar Tinku, who was arrested on January 24, has yet to be produced before any court or shifted to police custody.

Our Rangamati correspondent held shortly after coming out of the AL president's Shudha Sadan residence Wednesday evening, has been taken to an undisclosed place, said sources.

That he was released a couple of hours after the arrest was learnt to have been wrong yesterday. As of last night, he was not produced before a court or handed over to the police.

Like him, former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League Jahangir Sattar Tinku, who was arrested on January 24, too has yet to be produced before any court or shifted to police custody.

Our Rangamati correspondent reports: Joint forces picked up district BNP Secretary Zahir Ahmed and another leader from Kathaltali in the town Wednesday evening.

Arrested at 7:30pm, the two were handed over to Kotwali police in the early hours yesterday.