Shawdesh Desk:

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Dhaka South Awami Jubo League president Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat and his associate  Anamul Haque Arman “on specific allegation”, the elite force said.

The elite force arrested Samrat, the alleged kingpins of “casino” business, from Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla at around 5:00am on Sunday.

Senior ASP Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, assistant director (media and legal wing) of the force, confirmed the news to Daily Sun.

A local representative, seeking anonymity, said Samrat had taken shelter in the house of transport businessman Monir Hossain at Kunja Sreepur village in Alkara union.

On September 24, the government imposed a travel ban on Samrat.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal recently said the Jubo League leader would be arrested if police found any proof against him.