
Former Awami League lawmaker for Kusthia-1 constituency AKM Sarwar Jahan was arrested at Basila in Mohammadpur in Dhaka city on Tuesday afternoon.
Mohammadpur police inspector for investigation Md Hafizur Rahman told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· that he led a team in arresting Sarwar from his brother’s house in Basila at about 1:00pm.
‘Sarwar is accused in cases filed in Kusthia and Mohammadpur over the past year’s student-led mass uprising. He is also facing charges with the Anti-Corruption Commission,’ Hafizur said.
He said that Sarwar was kept in Mohammadpur police’s custody.
‘We are yet to confirm which cases he would be shown arrested in,’ the police inspector added.
AKM Sarwar Jahan became the lawmaker for Kusthia-1 constituency in the controversial general elections held in 2018.