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Jatiya Party [JP-Manju] Chairman and former lawmaker of Pirojpur-2 constituency Anwar Hossain Manju was arrested from Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area on Monday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint commissioner Md Rabiul Islam confirmed the matter to The Business Post, adding that a Detective Branch (DB) team arrested him around 2:45pm. Accused in at least five cases, Manju has been taken to the DB office.
Manju is a Bangladeshi politician, businessman and journalist. He is a former lawmaker of Pirojpur-2 constituency and a former water resources minister. He served as a minister in two ministries [communications minister and power, energy and mineral resources minister] twice.
He is a six-time elected lawmaker [1986, 1988, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2014] of Pirojpur-2 Constituency.
Anwar Hossain Manju is the leader of a section of the Jatiya Party. His father – Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia – was a renowned politician and the founder of Dainik Ittefaq. He was the editor of Daily Ittefaq from 1972-1975.
