Former member of parliament from Chattogram-3 (Sandwip) constituency Mahfuzur Rahman Mita has been arrested by the Gulshan division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB).

He was arrested around 1:30am on Tuesday from a house on Road 43 in Gulshan-2, Dhaka.

DB Gulshan Division Deputy Commissioner A.F.M. Anwar Hossain Khan confirmed the arrest on Tuesday (September 22).

He said a DB team conducted a raid on House No. 29 on Road 43 in Gulshan-2 on Monday night based on a tip-off. Mahfuzur Rahman Mita, a former MP from the Chattogram-3 constituency of the banned Awami League, was arrested during the operation.

After his arrest, he was taken to the DB office on Minto Road. Further legal proceedings against him are underway, the DB official said.

He also said Mita is an accused named in the first information reports (FIRs) of several cases filed with Sandwip Police Station in Chattogram.

Mahfuzur Rahman Mita was elected MP from Chattogram-3 in the 2014, 2018 and 2024 national elections. During the 11th Parliament, he served as a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Shipping.