Salman F Rahman, former adviser to the recently ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and former law minister Anisul Huq were arrested from Sadarghat area in the capital city of Dhaka during their alleged escape attempts, police said.
DMP Commissioner Mainul Hasan said Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq were arrested from Sadarghat in a case filed with the New Market Police Station.
Police arrested them acting on a tip-off while they had been trying to flee the capital on waterways, said the commissioner.
Both were taken to DMP headquarters, he added.
Salman F Rahman is the co-founder and vice chairman of Beximco Group, one of the largest business and industrial conglomerates in the country. He is also the chairman of IFIC Bank, a leading private commercial bank in Bangladesh.
Before serving as private industry and investment adviser to Sheikh Hasina he served as her adviser for
private sector development affairs. He was elected member of parliament from the Dhaka-1 constituency (Dohar and Nawabganj) as a candidate of the Awami League.
Anisul Huq was the minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs from 2014 to 2024. He was elected member of parliament from the Brahmanbaria-4 constituency (Kasba-Akhaura) as a candidate of the AL.
Before coming into politics, he was a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
