Former minister and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD) President Hasanul Haque Inu, who was arrested from the city’s Uttara area on Monday afternoon, has been brought to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Branch (DB) office for further questioning.
The police nabbed him in a case filed with the New Market police station under Explosive Substance Act 1908, DMP Deputy Commissioner (Public Relation and Media) Faruk Hossain confirmed this information to the media.
A former information minister, Inu was one of the leaders of the 14-party alliance led by Awami League. On August 22, another important central leader of the 14-party alliance, Bangladesh Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon was also arrested.
Awami League president Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of prime minister on August 5 in the face of a mass uprising.
After the fall of Awami League-led government, legal action – including numerous murder cases – began propping up across the country, accusing Sheikh Hasina and her ministers, state ministers, Awami League leaders and activists.
Fourteen-party leader Rashed Khan Menon and JASAD President Hasanul Haque Inu are also accused in several cases. The International Criminal Tribunal has also filed a case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her cabinet members on charges of genocide.
Several ministers of the ousted government have already been arrested in these cases.
Among them are Awami League Joint General Secretary and former social welfare minister Dipu Moni, former prime minister's adviser Salman F Rahman, former law minister Anisul Haque, former jute minister Golam Dastgir Gazi, former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku and former state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, and former deputy minister Arif Khan.
