Dhaka, June 23: A former MP of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League was arrested on Monday for alleged corruption, incitement to political violence and conspiracy against the state, a media report said.
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested former reserved seat MP Sabina Akter Tuhin from Nawabganj upazila, United News of Bangladesh reported.
Joint Commissioner of DB (North) Mohammad Rabiul Hossain Bhuiyan said she faces multiple cases involving corruption, incitement to political violence and conspiracy against the state.
Separately, former independent lawmaker Mohammad Faisal Biplob was arrested by another DB team on Sunday evening in connection with a murder case linked to last year’s July movement.
The former Munshiganj-3 MP was arrested from the capital’s Monipuripara area.
According to DB officials, both Tuhin and Biplob had been under law enforcement surveillance as suspects in a recent incident of political violence and murder.
Nobel Peace Prize leaureate Muhammad Yunus took over as the head of the interim government after Hasina was ousted in a massive student-led protest in August last year. She fled to India following the toppling of her Awami League government.
Most senior leaders of the Awami League and ministers and senior officials of the ousted regime were arrested or fled the country after the fall of the then government.
Bangladesh ex-EC chief arrested for rigging polls
Bangladesh’s former chief election commissioner, K M Nurul Huda, has been arrested on charges of manipulating elections during his tenure. The case was filed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) against Huda and 18 others, including deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. This is likely the first time a former CEC has been detained over issues related to elections.
Huda was assaulted by a mob outside his Uttara residence in Dhaka. Videos circulating on social media show a group of people thrashing Huda with shoes, garlanding him with footwear, and throwing eggs at him from close proximity. The mob was seen abusing him with filthy language and continuing to beat him even after the police arrived at the scene.
The BNP filed a case against 19 people, including Huda, for conducting general elections under the Hasina regime “without people’s mandate.”
The assault of Huda triggered an uproar on social media, prompting Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus’ interim government to issue a statement warning citizens not to take the law into their hands and warning of appropriate actions against such people.
Yunus took over as the head of the interim government after Hasina was ousted in a massive student-led protest in August last year.
Most senior leaders of the Awami League and ministers and senior officials of the ousted regime were arrested or fled the country after the fall of the then government. Several of these leaders, including ministers, have come under mob attack, particularly on court premises. (PTI)
