The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s publicity secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie was arrested by the police at his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka early Wednesday.
Police arrived at the house of Annie at about 2:00am and asked the BNP leader to go with them to the police station, said Zahir Uddin Swapan, chief coordinator of BNP's media cell.
The reason behind the detention could not be known immediately.
Dhanmondi Police Station officer-in-charge Parvez Islam said that they arrested Annie at the night following Tuesday in specific cases.
