BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been taken to the office of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Minto Road in Dhaka on Sunday (October 29). 

DB picked up Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from his Gulshan residence in Dhaka around 9:30am.

An official of DB confirmed the matter. 

However, it is not yet confirmed whether he will be arrested in any case.

On Saturday, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir suspended the grand rally in the capital's Nayapaltan and announced the hartal.

BNP claimed that the rally was suspended as police fired rubber bullets, flash grenades and lobbed tear gas shells, forcing the BNP leaders and activists to leave the rally venue.

BDST: 1141 HRS, OCT 29, 2023
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