Awami League presidium member and former shipping minister Shajahan Khan has been arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DB).
He was arrested from the capital on Thursday night.
A DB source confirmed the arrest of Shajahan Khan. However, the details are not known in which case he has been arrested.
Shajahan Khan was elected Member of Parliament several times from Madaripur-2 Constituency. He is the Executive President of Bangladesh Workers Federation. In 1986, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly from Madaripur-2 constituency for the first time as an independent candidate. From the same seat, he was later elected as a Member of Parliament in the elections of 1991, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 on the nomination of Awami League.
Bd pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
