Cairo: Egyptian security forces on Tuesday arrested the former prime minister of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi who was sentenced to one year in jail for failing to implement a court ruling to renationalise a textile firm.
"Security forces managed to arrest Hisham Kandil, former prime minister, in carrying out a court order issued against him. He was caught in a mountain area with smugglers trying to flee to Sudan," Egypt's interior ministry said in a statement.
Kandil was appointed in July 2012 by Morsi after he won Egypt's first truly democratic elections that followed the fall of autocratic President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Morsi was ousted by the army in July after protests against his rule.
The judgment against Kandil was issued in April 2012, while Morsi was still in office and was upheld by a higher court in September. The case related to the sale during the Mubarak era of a state-owned firm to a private investor.
The army-led government had launched a fierce crackdown on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group and its Islamist allies in which hundreds have been killed and thousands injured.
It has also banned the Brotherhood group, calling it "a terrorist organisation".
At least 15 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a security compound in Nile Delta on Tuesday, in the most recent militancy operation that became common in Egypt after Morsi.
"Security forces managed to arrest Hisham Kandil, former prime minister, in carrying out a court order issued against him. He was caught in a mountain area with smugglers trying to flee to Sudan," Egypt's interior ministry said in a statement.
Kandil was appointed in July 2012 by Morsi after he won Egypt's first truly democratic elections that followed the fall of autocratic President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Morsi was ousted by the army in July after protests against his rule.
The army-led government had launched a fierce crackdown on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group and its Islamist allies in which hundreds have been killed and thousands injured.
Advertisement
At least 15 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a security compound in Nile Delta on Tuesday, in the most recent militancy operation that became common in Egypt after Morsi.
Advertisement
© Thomson Reuters 2013
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Egyptian Ship Arrested At Paradip Port In Odisha For Outstanding Debt Virtual Autopsy Shows 'Screaming Woman' Mummy Endured Agonising Death France Set Up Olympic Men's Football Final Against Spain How Extreme Weather Is Leading To Rise In Child Marriages In Pakistan Monkeypox Cases Rising: How Worried Should You Be - 10 Points "Probably First Time Since '87/88...": Omar Abdullah On J&K Poll Dates Hamas Rejects "New Conditions" In Proposed Gaza Deal: Report How Jail Slippers Helped Reunite Mentally-Challenged Man With Family Farooq Abdullah To Lead National Conference In J&K Assembly Polls Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.