Former minister Faruk Khan arrested in city

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an overnight drive arrested former civil aviation and tourism minister and ex-parliament member of Gopalganj-1 constituency Lt Colonel (Retd) Faruk Khan.

Faruk, also a presidium member of the Awami League, was rounded up from the capital city's cantonment area.

He was later handed over to the Detective Branch (DB) of police, Deputy Commissioner of Media and public relations of DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Muhammad Talebur Rahman confirmed BSS.

Several cases were filed against Faruk Khan relating to incidents of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5.