Islamic preacher Mufti Kazi Ibrahim, who is known for his controversial speeches, has been detained.
A team of the detectives detained him from his residence on Jakir Hossen road in the capital’s Lalmatia around 2am on Tuesday.
Confirming the detention to Jago News, A K M Hafiz Akter, additional commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said Kazi was taken to DB office for interrogation.
Earlier, Ibrahim went live on Facebook and said some plainclothes men were knocking at his door.