Police have arrested former lawmaker of the Laxmipur-1 constituency MA Awal from the capital's Kalabagan area on Wednesday.
Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's media wing, said that police arrested Awal in a case filed over fraudulence.
The case was filed against Awal by Rajin Kaiser, said Kalabagan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Moktaruzzaman.
Awal, former Secretary General of the Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, was elected lawmaker of Laxmipur-1 constituency in January 5, 2014.
