Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq held a meeting in Sadarghat, according to the DMP chief.

Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq held a meeting in Sadarghat, according to the DMP chief.

Salman F Rahman, the private industry affairs adviser to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and Anisul Huq, the former law minister, were arrested today at Sadarghat in the capital.

Mainul Hasan, the commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, stated that they were arrested in connection with a case filed at New Market Police Station.

He said that, acting on a tip-off, the police arrested them in the Sadarghat area as they were attempting to flee via the waterway.

The commissioner, however, did not specify their intended destination.

Police sources reported that the duo was arrested as suspects in the killing of Dhaka College student Sabuj Ali, 26, on July 16. Sabuj's elder brother, Nurnabi, filed a case on July 17 after identifying Sabuj's body at the Dhaka Medical College morgue. According to the first information report, Nurnabi discovered around 3:00 p.m. on July 17 that his brother had been assaulted by BNP-Jamaat members and had been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.