Police arrested a BNP-backed councillor aspirant of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) from the capital’s Chamelibagh area on Saturday night.
The arrestee was identified as BNP leader Kazi Hasibur Rahman alias Shakil, Ward 13 councillor aspirant of DSCC.
Officer in-Charge of Paltan police station Tofail Ahmed said police picked him up and two of his followers from near his house in the area. The two followers were later released.
Shakil is an accused in four cases including a case of sabotage and a case filed for attacking and injuring police men, the official said.
He is the second BNP-backed councillor aspirant arrested since the campaigns for the bifurcated Dhaka city corporation polls had begun.
Earlier, Mirpur police arrested another BNP-backed candidate Kayser Ahmed on April 16.
