Lawyer M Kamal Uddin, who claims to be president of the “Bangladesh Non-Absconding Awami League”, was released from police custody on Saturday afternoon following a court order.

He had been taken into police custody from a rented house in the CDA Tech area under Karnaphuli Police Station in Chattogram around 1:30am on Saturday following an altercation with local residents.

Sources said Kamal Uddin, a resident of Satkania upazila, had been living in the CDA Tech area for the past one and a half months.

Several local residents went to his rented house on Friday night. Police later took him into custody to prevent any untoward incident, the sources added.

Confirming the matter, Karnaphuli Police Station Officer-in-Charge Noor Ahmed told that Kamal Uddin had neither been detained nor arrested.

“He was taken into police custody mainly for his own safety,” he said.

“Under the rules, he was supposed to be handed over to his family. But as no family member came by noon, he was sent to court under Section 88 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. He was released from there,” the OC added.

M Kamal Uddin is a Supreme Court lawyer. He previously served as a panel lawyer for the International Islamicy University Chittagong (IIUC).

He recently came into the spotlight after announcing the formation of a committee named “Bangladesh Non-Absconding Awami League”.

Claiming to be the committee’s president, he criticised Awami League leaders who are in hiding. Videos of his remarks have since circulated on social media platforms, including Facebook and TikTok.