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Former Chattogram-3 (Sandwip) lawmaker Mahfuzur Rahman Mita has been arrested by the Gulshan division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB).
He was arrested around 1:30am on Monday from a house on Road 43 in Gulshan-2, Dhaka.
DB Gulshan Division Deputy Commissioner AFM Anwar Hossain Khan confirmed the arrest on Tuesday.
He said a DB team conducted a raid at House 29 on Road 43 in Gulshan-2 based on a tip-off and arrested Mita, a former lawmaker of the activities-banned Awami League.
After his arrest, Mita was taken to the DB office on Minto Road. Legal proceedings against him are underway, the DB official said.
According to DB sources, Mita is an accused in several cases filed with Sandwip Police Station in Chattogram.