Ousted premier's adviser Naser Chowdhury, ex-sports secretary Mesbah arrested

Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate raids in the capital arrested Kamal Abul Naser Chowdhury, adviser and former principal secretary of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and Mesbah Uddin, former secretary of the Youth and Sports Ministry.

"We arrested Kamal Abul Naser Chowdhury from Dhanmondi area in the wee hours of today," Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the media and public relations of the DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Talebur Rahman told BSS on Wednesday morning. 

He also said they arrested former sports secretary Mesbah Uddin and personal secretary of the Bashundhara Group Chairman Adnan from different parts of the city in the early hours of Wednesday.

All of them were arrested in connection with specific charges, and they would be produced before the court on Wednesday, he added.