Tuesday, 23 December, 2025
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday detained former Minister of State for Information Mohammad A. Arafat.
He was arrested from Gulshan area of the capital.
Earlier, a rumour was spread that Arafat has been hiding at the France Embassy in Dhaka. This later was denied by the Embassy.
However, a case was filed against Arafat on 20 August in connection with the death of a vegetable seller in Rangpur during the recent student movement.
Arafat, as an Awami League candidate, won the 12th Parliament election from Dhaka-17 seat and later, took oath as state minister for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country on 5 August in the face of a massive student-people mass upsurge and since then Arafat has been in hiding.
Later on 12 August, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), a central organisation for the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism, asked banks to freeze accounts of Arafat and his wife Sharmin Mustari.
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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday detained former Minister of State for Information Mohammad A. Arafat.
He was arrested from Gulshan area of the capital.
Earlier, a rumour was spread that Arafat has been hiding at the France Embassy in Dhaka. This later was denied by the Embassy.
However, a case was filed against Arafat on 20 August in connection with the death of a vegetable seller in Rangpur during the recent student movement.
Arafat, as an Awami League candidate, won the 12th Parliament election from Dhaka-17 seat and later, took oath as state minister for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country on 5 August in the face of a massive student-people mass upsurge and since then Arafat has been in hiding.
Later on 12 August, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), a central organisation for the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism, asked banks to freeze accounts of Arafat and his wife Sharmin Mustari.
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