Dhaka, March 30 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB) has arrested Md Afzal Naser, former director of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI).

He was taken into custody from his home in Mirpur DOHS early on Monday morning.

DB Additional Commissioner Shafiqul Islam confirmed the arrest, but could not specify which case Afzal had been arrested over.

However, officials involved in DB investigations say Afzal has been arrested based on information provided by former Army official retired lieutenant general Masud Uddin Chowdhury and former DGFI director general retired lieutenant general Sheikh Mamun Khaled.

Afzal hails from Noakhali's Senbagh Upazila. He joined the Army on Jul 4, 1984, and served as director a...