Members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the “media coordinator” of the banned militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir early Friday, reports Daily Sun.
Imtiaz Selim, 42, was apprehended in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area during a drive, said DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Muhammad Talebur Rahman.
A process was underway to produce him before a Dhaka court, he said.
The arrestee has been accused in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act with Shahbagh police station. Besides, there are two cases against him with Pallabi and Khilgaon police stations.
He is under trial in three other cases, the DMP official said.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
