Masud Uddin Chowdhury, a former army officer and former Member of Parliament from Feni-3 (Sonagazi-Daganbhuyan), who was widely discussed during the Bangladeshi political crisis of 2007-08, has been arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
He was arrested from his residence at Baridhara DOHS in the capital late on Monday night.
DMP DB chief Shafikul Islam confirmed the case to Prothom Alo on Tuesday morning and said that about five cases are registered against Masood Uddin Chaudhary.
Masood Uddin Choudhary served as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Army’s 9th Division in 2007. He played an important role in the political transition during the ‘1/11’ period.