Saber Hossain Chowdhury arrested
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police today (6 September) arrested former environment minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury from the capital's Gulshan area.
DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Talebur Rahman confirmed the matter to The Business Standard.
"There are several cases against Saber. However, it has not yet been confirmed in which case he would be shown arrested," Talebur said.
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Since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on 5 August after the student-led July uprising, at least 47 top-level officials including advisers, ministers, members of parliament, former IGPs of police, and influential leaders of the Awami League have been arrested.
Saber Hossain Chowdhury was a former member of parliament representing the Dhaka-9 constituency from 2008 to 2024.
He is also a former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
He served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping and, later, as deputy minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives during 1999-2001.
In October 2001, Saber was appointed as political secretary to President of Bangladesh Awami League Sheikh Hasina, who was then the leader of the opposition in parliament.
He was appointed as special envoy for Climate Change on 12 June 2023 by then prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
He served as the Environment, Forest and Climate Change minister from January 2024 to August 2024.
