Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested Awami League Presidium Member and former Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan from the capital on Thursday night.
“DB police have arrested former Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan from the city's Dhanmondi area after an overnight drive on Thursday,” confirmed by Inspector General of Police (IGP) M Mainul Islam.
Shahjahan Khan, also the executive president of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation, was a lawmaker of Madaripur-2 constituency. As an independent candidate Khan was elected lawmaker of the parliament for the first time in 1986.
Later, Khan was elected a lawmaker from the same constituency in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 as a candidate of the Awami League.
