Dipu Moni, former social welfare minister, has been arrested from the Baridhara DOHS area in the capital.

Mohammad Rabiul Hossain Bhuiyan, joint commissioner (north) of Detective Branch of DMP, confirmed the arrest to The Daily Star around 7:30pm tonight.

"We are now taking her to the DB office on Minto Road. There is a case against her in Chandpur. She may be shown arrested in that case," a DB official, requesting anonymity, told The Daily Star.

However, she was later shown arrested in a murder case filed with the Mohammadpur Police Station on August 8.

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