Bangladesh’s main opposition leader was detained by authorities on Sunday morning, a day after a giant protest against the prime minister, his party said.

“Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been picked up by officers of the law enforcing agency,” the Bangladesh Nationalist Party said in a statement. Alamgir’s daughter confirmed his detention to AFP.

A shopkeeper was shot dead outside his shop in Punjab’s Bhatinda on Saturday by two unidentified men. The victim, Harjinder Singh Johal, was sitting outside his “Amritsari kulcha” shop on Mall Road when the shooters came on a motorcycle and opened fire on him.

CCTV footage from the scene captures Mr Johal sitting in a chair outside his shop when two men arrive on a motorcycle. One of the men dismounts and fires several rounds at Mr Johal before fleeing the scene.

Mr Johal was seriously injured and was taken to a government hospital in Bathinda for treatment. However, due to the severity of his injuries, he was referred to Max Hospital where he died. 

“I was standing on top of the shop when I heard the sound of gunfire as if someone was bursting crackers. Then, Mr Johal shouted that he had been shot and told me to catch the people who did it. I chased them, but they were on a motorcycle and got away. There were two people on the motorcycle,” said Dipu, a worker at Mr Johal’s shop.

DSP Kuldeep Brar of the Bathinda Police arrived at the scene and initiated an investigation into the incident. Two people have been identified so far and an investigation is underway to track down the accused. 

Following the incident, Opposition leaders targetted the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab. 

“Such incidents have become common in Punjab under the Aam Aadmi Party regime. The entire trading community is in a state of fear. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) demands immediate action in the matter,” said hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal.

Shocking incident in Bathinda. Mall Road Association President Harjinder Singh Mela Ji shot dead in broad daylight. Such incidents have become common in Punjab under the Aam Aadmi Party regime. The entire trading community is in a state of fear. Shiromani Akali Dal demands an… pic.twitter.com/D0yTY7Nbe6

— Sukhbir Singh Badal (@officeofssbadal) October 28, 2023

BJP leader Roopchand Singal also attacked the AAP for the law and order situation in Punjab. 

Last year, Adidas terminated its longstanding partnership with Kanye West, now known as Ye, following a series of alleged antisemitic incidents. Notably, Kanye West and Adidas entered into a partnership in 2013 but their deal went off in October 2022 after the rapper openly shared his offensive, racist, and anti-Semitic remarks on social media. Now, an investigation into the 46-year-old rapper’s business partnership with the German shoe brand has revealed other shocking details including Mr. West’s problematic behaviour and comments. 

According to the New York Post, the artist had marked a shoe sketch with a Hakenkreuz and asked a Jewish Adidas manager to ”kiss a portrait of Hitler daily”. The initial incident occurred during Mr West’s first meeting with the sportswear giant in 2013 during which employees gathered to “pitch ideas for the first shoe.” 

As Adidas employees showed off their designs, the singer became irritated with their efforts. To express his dissatisfaction, he allegedly sketched a swastika on a shoe’s design.

”The Adidas employees, thrilled to get started, had arrayed sneakers and fabric swatches on a long table near a mood board pinned with images. But nothing they showed that day at the company’s German headquarters captured the vision Mr. West had shared. To convey how offensive he considered the designs, he grabbed a sketch of a shoe and took a marker to the toe. Then he drew a swastika,” two employees told the New York Times. 

In another instance, Mr West allegedly told Jon Wexler, the company’s former global head of entertainment and influencer marketing to ”hang a photo of Hitler in his kitchen and kiss it every day to practice unconditional love”. He also is said to have told some Adidas employees that he thought Hitler was a ”master marketer” and that he really ”admired” his ”command of propaganda”.

Later, the rapper faced consequences for his actions as he was forced to pay a former Yeezy chief executive a seven-figure settlement after they ”accused him of repeatedly praising the architect of the Holocaust.”

Some former employees also alleged that he displayed inappropriate content during work meetings, and made them watch sexually explicit films. Members of the Adidas team working with him were given a subscription to a meditation app and regularly had group therapy-like sessions to deal with the stress of working with the rapper. 

Over the next 10 years, these sorts of instances allegedly occurred frequently, until the sportswear label cut ties with him in October 2022. ”Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness,” a company statement said. 

”After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products, and stop all payments to Ye and his companies. Adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect,” it further said.

Forbes reported that his net worth dropped to $400 million after he lost the reported $1.5 billion dollar partnership. Other fashion brands such as Gap, Balenciaga, and Vogue also ended their business dealings with him.