Dhaka, March 24 -- Masud Uddin Chowdhury, a retired three-star army general who rose to prominence during the 2007-08 caretaker government, has been detained by police detectives in a late-night raid on his home in Dhaka.

"Yes, we have arrested him," said Deputy Inspector General Shafiqul Islam, who heads the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB), on Tuesday. "There are as many as five cases against him."

The top detective, however, could not provide details of the charges against the former general.

Police said Chowdhury was detained from a house in the Baridhara DOHS area.

He was the GOC of the 9th Division and played a key role in the 2007-08 caretaker government's hunt for "criminals" of various kinds. He acted as chie...