Former DNCC mayor Atiqul arrested

Former Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam was arrested at Mohakhali DOHS this evening.
He is accused in many cases filed after the fall of the Awami League government, said Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Atiqul, owner of Islam Group of Industries Ltd, is also a former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
After the death of Anisul Haq, the first mayor of DNCC, Atiqul was elected mayor with Awami League nomination in 2019. He was re-elected the next year.
Both the elections were fraught with allegations of irregularities.
After the fall of AL, Atiqul went to the DNCC office in Gulshan on August 18.
As protesters gathered in front of the building, he escaped through the fire escape stairs behind the Nagar Bhaban.
On August 19, the interim government removed all city mayors from their posts.