Police detained Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal President Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal from the gate of Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur on Wednesday night.
He had been released from the prison at about 9:45pm, according to an official.
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained him from the jail gate at about 10:45pm.
Meanwhile, police raided the Gopibagh residence of Dhaka city BNP Convener Sadeque Hossain Khoka on Wednesday night, but they did not find anybody except the security guard of the house.
The law men started the raid at about 10pm and it was continuing as of 10:30pm.
The police also cordoned off the residence of Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman Aandaleeve Rahman Partha’s Baridhara residence.