Former Awami League lawmaker for Noakhali-6 in the recently dissolved 12th Jatiya Sangsad, Mohammad Ali, was arrested on Sunday.
He was arrested at his residence at Hatiya in Noakhali, said Bangladesh Navy Hatiya contingent commander Shafiquer Rahman, adding that he was arrested to keep law and order stable.
鈥楬e will be interrogated,鈥� added the Navy official.
Mohammad Ali鈥檚 brother and former upazila chairman Mahbub Morshed Liton, however, said that the Navy brought Ali, his wife former MP Aysha Ferdous and son upazila chairman Ashik Ali Omi in safe custody.
Officials said that the family has been accused of terrorism, extortion and corruption for a long time in the Hatia area.
On Friday, local people formed a human chain demanding his arrest.
Mohammad Ali is also president of Hatia Upazila Awami League. Earlier, he was elected an MP after being nominated by the Jatiya Party.
Ali鈥檚 wife Ayesha Ferdaus was also a lawmaker of the Awami League for Noakhali-6 in the 10th and 11th parliaments.
Asif Ali is the chairman of Hatia upazila parishad.