Sylhet: Police detained a Sylhet city BNP leader on charge of attack and vandalism at Sylhet Polytechnic Institute principal’s house from Kadamtali in the city on Wednesday night.

Sylhet South Surma police camp in-charge sub-inspector Shafiqul Islam said on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and held BNP leader Makbul Hossain, also a former president of the city ward no.26 unit BNP, at about 11:15pm.

The BNP leader was arrested on charge of attack and vandalism at the Sylhet Polytechnic Institute principal’s residence, the SI added.