The police in a drive arrested former lawmaker for Kishoreganj-5 constituency (Bajitpur) Afzal Hossain from Meherpur district town on Monday.
Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in Clinicpara of the district town and arrested Afzal from the house of Mamun Hossain, a staff of Afzal Shoes, owned by Afzal, said Mezbah Uddin, the officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.
Sources said that the former lawmaker was scheduled to go to India through Sonapur border in Mujibnagar upazila early Monday.