Members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the media coordinator of the banned militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from Bashundhara residential area early Friday.
The arrestee has been identified as Imtiaz Selim, 42, confirmed by Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of the DMP.
A process was underway to produce him before a Dhaka court, he said.
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The arrestee is accused in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act with Shahbagh police station. Moreover, there are two cases against him with Pallabi and Khilgaon police stations respectively.
He is under trial in three other cases, the DMP official said.
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