Rashed Khan Menon arrested from Gulshan
Staff Correspondent
Workers Party President and former lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon was arrested in Dhaka on Thursday.
Md Obaidur Rahman, Additional Deputy commissioner of Media and Public Relations Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said detectives detained Menon, also a leader in the Awami League-led 14-party alliance, from Gulshan area of the capital at around 5PM on Thursday.
He will be produced before the court on Friday.
Earlier, on Thursday morning, a case was filed with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saiful Islam's court against Menon for making defamatory remarks about the Zia family.
The court directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the case and submit a report.
