Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- Detectives have arrested Mahfuzur Rahman Mita, former MP for Chattogram-3, during a raid in Dhaka's Gulshan.

A team from the Detective Branch (DB) picked up Mita from a house in Gulshan around 1:30am on Tuesday, DB Gulshan Division Deputy Commissioner AFM Anwar Hossain Khan said.

Officers raided House No. 29 on Road No. 43 in Gulshan-2 based on a tip-off.

The DB official added that Mita was taken to the DB office on Minto Road after the arrest, with legal proceedings under way.

Mita secured three successive victories in Chattogram-3 as an Awami League candidate, winning in the 10th, 11th and 12th national elections.

He was named in several cases in his home constituency of Sandwip following the July Uprising.

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