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The Gulshan division of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested Mahfuzur Rahman Mita, former member of parliament for the Chattogram-3 (Sandwip) constituency.
He was detained from a house on Road No 43 in the Gulshan-2 area at around 1:30am in the early hours of Tuesday.
AFM Anwar Hossain Khan, deputy commissioner (DC) of the DB Gulshan division, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday (22 September).
He said a drive was conducted at night at House No 29 on Road No 43 in the Gulshan-2 area on the basis of a tip-off. This former member of parliament for the Chattogram-3 (Sandwip) constituency from the Awami League, whose activities are banned, was arrested from there. He was later taken to the DB office on Minto Road. Further legal process against him is under way.
The DC further said the arrested Mita is an FIR-named accused in several cases of Sandwip Police Station in Chattogram.
Mahfuzur Rahman Mita was elected member of parliament from the Chattogram-3 constituency in the national parliamentary elections of 2014, 2018 and 2024. In the 11th Jatiya Sangsad he was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Shipping.
