BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has been arrested by the police.
He was arrested by Metropolitan Detective Police (DB) from his home on Gulshan Road No. 81 on Thursday (November 2) around 1:00 p.m. After the arrest, Amir Khosru was taken to the DB office in a white microbus at 1:15 p.m.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Intelligence Branch (DB) Chief Additional Commissioner Mohammad Haroon Or Rashid confirmed the arrest. However, he did not say in which case he was arrested.
Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury is the chairman of BNP's international affairs committee. He has been seen meeting BNP leaders with foreign diplomats at various times during the party's ongoing anti-government movement.
Earlier on Thursday evening, BNP's media cell convener and former member of parliament Zahir Uddin Swapan was arrested by the police from Gulshan area, the party informed. He was not officially informed about his arrest by the police. However, a responsible source informed about the arrest of Zahir Uddin Swapan.
It is to be noted that a total of 36 cases have been filed against the party's leaders and workers in connection with the clashes and violence surrounding the BNP's grand rally in Dhaka on October 28. There are 1544 accused in these cases. These cases were filed on charges of sabotage in Dhaka city, including the attack on the residence of the Chief Justice.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, senior leaders Mirza Abbas and Moazzem Hossain Alal have been arrested as accused in these cases.