Former Expatriates` Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed was arrested on Saturday night from Banani area in the capital.
Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (media) said a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Imran Ahmed in a specific allegation.
Imran Ahmed was elected from Sylhet-4 constituency five times and he was appointed as state minister for the expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment in 2018.
In 2019, he was made a full minister of the ministry.