3 'missing' people arrested

Bangladesh
3 'missing' people arrested

Police have arrested the education minister’s personal officer, an employee of the ministry, and the owner of a school, who reportedly went missing after being led away by unidentified people in Dhaka in past three days.

The law enforcers arrested Nurul Islam Nahid’s aide Motaleb Hossain in Mohammadpur’s Basila on Sunday night, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman told bdnews24.com.

Education ministry staffer Nasir Uddin and Lakehead Grammar School owner Khaled Hasan Matin were detained in Gulshan around the same time, Masudur said.

He said the police found Tk 130,000 in cash on Nasir.

The DMP's Detective Branch Joint Commissioner Abdul Matin said Motaleb and Nasir were detained on charges of corruption while Khaled stands accused of funding militancy.

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