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Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested Awami League Presidium member and former Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan from the capital last night.
“ DB police has arrested former Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan from city’s Dhanmondi area after overnight drive on Thursday”, confirmed by Inspector General of Police (IGP) M Mainul Islam.
Shahjahan Khan also the executive president of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation was a lawmaker of Madaripur-2 constituency. As an independent candidate Khan was elected lawmaker of the parliament for the first time in 1986.
Later, Khan was elected a lawmaker from the same constituency in 1991, 1996, 2001m 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 as a candidate of the Awami League.