Ex-minister Nuruzzaman held in Rangpur

Rangpur Metropolitan Police yesterday arrested former social welfare minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed.

He was arrested from his relative's house in Rangpur's Post Office lane area around 8:30pm, said RMP Commissioner Md Majid Ali.

Ahmed faces multiple charges, including assault, murder, and attempt to murder during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, he said.

Poilce said Nuruzzaman, along with his son and 128 others, has been named in a case filed over the death of Mahamudul Hasan Munna in Rangpur.

 Munna's father filed the case with Rangpur Metropolitan Magistrate Court on August 29 last year.