Former MP Shamima, Hasina's ex-APS Bitu arrested in Dhaka's Jigatola

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10 May, 2025, 07:35 pm

Last modified: 11 May, 2025, 05:03 pm

Former MP Shamima, Hasina's ex-APS Bitu arrested in Dhaka's Jigatola

They were accused in multiple cases of July Uprising

BSS

10 May, 2025, 07:35 pm

Last modified: 11 May, 2025, 05:03 pm

Photo: Collected

Photo: Collected

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a former female lawmaker and ex-assistant press secretary of the ousted Prime Minister from the city's Jigatola area today (10 May).

The arrestees include Krishak League leader and former lawmaker Advocate Shamima Akhter Khanam and former assistant press secretary to ex-premier Sheikh Hasina Ashraf Siddiqui Bitu.

Deputy Commissioner of DB Muhammad Talebur Rahman told BSS that they were arrested in two separate raids at Jigatola this noon.

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They were accused in multiple cases of July Uprising, he said.

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