Plainclothes police arrested the secretary of Odhikar, a local rights group, from in front of his Gulshan residence on Saturday night.
A team of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, intercepted Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan as he reached near his house at Road No-117, House no-35 at Gulshan around 10:00 pm.
Director of Odhikar Nasriudin Elan told UNB that when Adilar Rahman came close to his house with his family members, 8-9 plainclothes men, who introduced themselves as DB police appeared there in a white microbus apparently, belonging to United Commercial Bank, and a blue and silver-coloured Mitsubishi Pajero jeep.
“They then asked Adilur Rahman to go with them,” Nasiruddin said.
Contacted, DMP Deputy Commissioner (Public Relations) Masudur Rahman said Adilur Rahman was arrested under section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
Earlier a general diary (GD) was registered with Gulshan Police Station.
Source: UNBConnect