Dhaka: Trinamool BNP Chairperson Shamser Mobin Chowdhury has been arrested by the police.
He was arrested from his Banani residence in the capital on Thursday (October 17) afternoon.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Joint Commissioner (DB-North) Rabiul Hossain Bhuiyan confirmed the arrest. He said, he is being arrested and brought to the DB office.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DB) conducted a raid at Banani residence of Shamser Mobin Chowdhury at noon today.
Earlier, Shamser Mobin was sent back from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday (October 16) afternoon.
Shamser Mobin Chowdhury was the vice chairman of BNP. In 2015, he resigned from all posts of BNP. Then, in 2018, he joined the Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh led by former President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury. He became the chairperson of Trinamool BNP in September 2023 before the last national election on January 7. Late Nazmul Huda, founder of Trinamool BNP. Before the last national election, Trinamool BNP was registered by the Election Commission.