A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 Detective Branch detained Bangladesh鈥檚 former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda from the capital鈥檚 Uttara area on Sunday evening.
He was arrested after a group of people had cordoned him and informed the police.
The DMP DB joint commissioner for south and admin, Mohammad Nasirul Islam, said that a DB team detained him at about 7:30pm on Sunday.
鈥楶eople cordoned him at a house in the Uttara area and informed the police. He was taken to the DB office on Mintoo Road in the city,鈥� he added.
The former CEC was detained hours after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party filed a case against 19 people, including former chief election commissioners, EC commissioners and other officials involved in conducting the 10th, 11th and 12th national elections, alleging that they were involved in irregularities and biased conduct in the elections.
In the 11th national election, held in December 2018 under CEC KM Nurul Huda, the BNP alleged ballot-stuffing at the night before the election date.
