Ex-MP Haji Salim arrested

Detectives from Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Haji Mohammad Salim, former lawmaker of Awami League (Dhaka-7) from Bangshal area of Dhaka early Monday, said the authorities.

Md Rabiul Hossain Bhuiyan, joint commissioner of the DMP (DB-North), confirmed the matter. He said being tipped-off a Detective Branch team conducted a drive in the Bangshal area around 1:30am and arrested him.

He is an accused in cases filed with several police stations, he said.

In 2022, a Dhaka court sentenced him to jail in a case filed over amassing wealth beyond known sources of income.