Dhallywood actor Mahiya Mahi was arrested on specific charges by the police, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Saturday.
The actor made some statements on Facebook live against Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) Commissioner Molla Nazrul Islam, for which a case has been filed, the home minister said after an event organized at Dhaka's Tejgaon area.
The claim of bribery made by Mahi against the police will be investigated, the minister said.
He further added: “I don't know everything, I only heard about the matter. Before commenting, I need to thoroughly understand the situation.”
Mahiya Mahi was arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for allegedly tarnishing the image of the Gazipur Metropolitan Police.
The Gazipur Metropolitan Police arrested her at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 11:45am on Saturday, Deputy Police Commissioner Abu Torab Md Shamsur Rahman said.
The actor had been in Saudia Arabia with her husband, Rakib Sarker, to perform Umrah, the police officer said.
Rakib, who is the joint general secretary of the Awami League's Bason unit in Gazipur, did not return home with Mahi.
A GMP team had been positioned at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport since dawn as the unit had learnt that the actor was returning home from Saudia Arabia, GMP Detective Branch Deputy Commissioner Ibrahim Hossain said.
Earlier, two separate cases were filed against Mahiya Mahi and Rakib Sarker at Gazipur's Bason police station on charges of land grabbing and tarnishing the image of the police.
Rokon Miah, sub-inspector at Bason police station under the Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP), filed one case on Friday night under the Digital Security Act (DSA), accusing the couple of impairing the law order situation by spreading false, fabricated, defamatory and attacking information with the intention of defamation.
