Police arrested three people including a union parishad chairman from Joychandi union area under Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday night.
The arrested men are Abdur Rab Mahbub, chairman of Joychandi union; Awami League leaders Delawer Hossain Lebu and Lokman Miah.
Police conducted a raid in the union and arrested them, said Md Golam Afsar, officer-in-charge of Kulaura Police Station.
They have been sent to jail through court on Sunday afternoon.