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Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday night arrested former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Asaduzzam脿n Mia at Mohakhali in the capital.

RAB director for legal and media Munim Ferdous said that they arrested him at about 11:00pm.聽


'We will hand over him to DB [Dhaka Metropolitan Police's detective branch],' Munim added.

He was arrested in a case filed over custodial death.

According to the case statement, Nuruzzaman Roni was killed on January 20 in 2015 in police custody and his father filed a case with the Khilgaon police station on September 2.聽

The case also named 61 other people, mostly police and Awami League and its associate bodies leaders and activists.聽

Besides, 15-20 unnamed people were also accused in the case.