Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained a man for allegedly threatening Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq with death in Dhaka this afternoon.

The elite force picked up Md Nahid Happy, 41, near FDC gate in Tejgaon industrial area around 4:40pm, said Major Maksudul Alam, deputy director of Rab’s Legal and Media Wing.

Earlier on July 14, Annisul received a death threat by an unknown caller who introduced himself as “Imam Mohaki”.

A general diary was later filed with Gulshan Police Station in this regard.

Rab carried out investigation over this threat and detained Nahid with 121 piece yaba tablets and a mobile phone today, the Rab official also said.

Upon interrogation, it has been revealed that the detainee is a drug addict and has been involved in extorting money from people by threatening them over phone for a long time, he added.