The detectives arrested BNP lawmaker and General Secretary of Supreme Bar Association barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokan at Segunbagicha in the capital yesterday afternoon.
Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman at the DMP Media Centre said a team of DB personnel had arrested Khokan around 4:15pm. Later he was taken to the DB headquarters in the capital’s Minto Road.
He, however, declined to disclose the reason behind the detention.
Khokan was arrested hours after he had sought bail for senior BNP leaders including Moudud Ahmed at the High Court.
He is the second BNP lawmaker to be held after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had announced “March for Democracy” to resist the January 5 polls. On Wednesday, police arrested BNP female lawmaker Shammi Akter and former MP Sarwar Sakhawat Bakul.