Ex-AL MP Mahfuzur Rahman Mita arrested in Dhaka
DB Gulshan Division Deputy Commissioner AFM Anwar Hossain Khan confirmed the arrest and stated that Mita was subsequently taken to the DB office on Minto Road.
Mahfuzur Rahman Mita, former Awami League MP from Chattogram-3, was arrested in Dhaka's Gulshan area early today (22 September), according to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB).
A DB team arrested him during a raid at a house in Gulshan-2 at around 1:30am, said police.
DB Gulshan Division Deputy Commissioner AFM Anwar Hossain Khan confirmed the arrest.
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"Acting on a tip-off, a DB team conducted an operation and arrested him. He was later taken to the DB office on Minto Road," he said.
Legal proceedings against Mita are underway, the police official added.
Mita was elected MP from the Chattogram-3 constituency as an Awami League candidate in the 10th, 11th and 12th parliamentary elections.
Several cases have been filed against him in Sandwip, Chattogram, according to police.
