Bangladesh's former textile and jute minister Golam Dastagir Gazi has been arrested as the police take stern measures against officials and ministers of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government, according to media reports on Sunday.
The 76-year-old leader was detained late Saturday night from a house in the Piergoli area of the capital Dhaka around 3 am, The Daily Star newspaper quoted Paltan police station officer-in-charge Mollah Mohammad Khalid Hussain as saying.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained him and brought him to the Detective Branch (DB) office, according to The Dhaka Tribune.
Gazi was kept at the DB office as the police station is badly damaged following recent violence, Hussain said, adding that a group of people besieged the house after knowing his location there.
However, the police officer did not provide any details regarding the case for which he was arrested.
Earlier, a case of murder was filed against 105 individuals, including Hasina and Gazi, at Rupganj police station in Narayanganj.
Gazi was elected MP from Rupganj-1 constituency in Narayanganj in the 12th parliamentary elections held in January with Awami League's boat symbol.
On Saturday, a Dhaka court placed Salman F Rahman, private industry affairs adviser to Hasina, former law minister Anisul Huq, former social welfare minister Dipu Moni and two others on different terms of remand for interrogation in four murder cases.
Apart from the three, former chief whip ASM Feroz and former army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan were also placed on remand in murder cases.
Cases have been filed against many officials or ministers of the ousted Hasina-led government after she resigned and fled to India on August 5 following massive protests against the quota reform system in Bangladesh.
Most leaders of the Awami League have gone into hiding since Hasina's resignation.
Many Hasina-led Awami League party members are in jail after the new interim government led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge on August 8 following the fall of the previous government.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
What Do Cyberfraudsters Use To Cheat People? Hyderabad Top Cop Explains
"Have To Say It Out Honestly": Frustrated Naseem Shah's Swipe At Pakistan Board Watch: Shaheen Afridi Takes 1st Wicket After Becoming Father. Celebration Goes Viral Pakistan vs Bangladesh Live Updates, 1st Test Day 5: Bangladesh On Driving Seat As Pakistan Go 6 Down No Dalit In Miss India, Says Rahul Gandhi. Kiren Rijiju Blames "Bal Buddhi" Israel Attacks Lebanon In "Self-Defence", Hezbollah Responds With 300 Rockets After "Brahmin Genes" Post, Bengaluru CEO's "Unapologetic" Follow-Ups As Starliner Returns Without Sunita Williams, Boeing Faces $1 Billion Loss All 5 Arrested For Gang-Raping Minor In Public-Bus In Dehradun Journalist Missing, 2 Others Injured After Missile Strike On Ukraine Hotel Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.