Safia Khatun, former MP (reserved seat from Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria-Pekua upazila) has been arrested in Dhaka’s Pallabi in a case over the killing of a youth during the July-August movement.
Safia, 70, former vice president of the Mohila Awami League, was arrested in the Balughat area around 10:10pm on Saturday, said Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of the DMP.
After analyzing CCTV footage, information from intelligence and with the help of technology police arrested her, he said.
On July 19, Akram Khan Rabbi was shot dead during the movement in front of Abul Taleb School in Mirpur-10 in the capital.
Later, he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
On August 25, Faruk Khan, Akram's father, filed a case at Pallabi police station in this connection.