Shafiqul Islam Apu, former Member of Parliament for Jhenaidah-2 and president of the district Awami League, was arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB).
Muhammad Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the Media and Public Relations Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the information on Monday (18 August), stating that Shafiqul Islam was arrested in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Notably, Shafiqul Islam, a businessman, was elected as a Member of Parliament from Jhenaidah-2 representing the Awami League in the ninth national parliamentary election held in 2008. However, in the tenth national parliamentary election held in 2014, he was defeated by independent candidate Tahzib Alam Siddique.