Former lawmaker for Jhenaidah 3 constituency and also defence affairs secretary of the ousted Awami League government, retired major general Salahuddin Miazi, was detained by the joint forces from Shyamolchhaya, a private park at Rudrapur village at Jashore Sadar on Tuesday night, said Kazi Babul Hossain officer-in-charge of the Kotwali police.
Local people said the former lawmaker had been hiding inside the park owned by him for a long time after the fall of the fascist Awami League government led by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
On information, activists of the Student Against Discrimination had confined the lawmaker inside the park since the evening. The joint forces then arrested him at around 11:30pm on the day.
鈥楬e was arrested in a case filed with the Jhenaidah Sadar police station,鈥� the Kotwali OC said, adding, 鈥榟is brother- in-law Jakir Hossain was also arrested along with him.鈥�
鈥楾hey were handed over to Jhenaidah police,鈥� OC Babul Hossain told 抖阴精品.