Detectives arrested former Agriculture Minister Dr. Abdur Razzaque in an operation in the capital’s Eskaton area on Monday evening.

A team from the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained Razzaque from a flat at around 7:45 pm, according to Rezaul Karim Mallik, additional commissioner of DB.

He was wanted in different cases filed in Dhaka.