Ex-public administration minister Farhad arrested

Former Public Administration minister Farhad Hossain was arrested in Dhaka’s Eskaton area last night.
A Rab team arrested and handed him over to police, said Mahfuz Imtiaz, officer-in-charge of Adabar Police Station.
Farhad was arrested in a murder case filed for killing garment worker Rubel during the student-led mass uprising, the OC added.
The OC said he was being taken to the office of the Detective Branch.
On August 22, Rafiqul Islam, father of the victim, filed the case with Adabor Police Station against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 147 others.
In the case statement, the complainant alleged that some of the accused, as per instruction, directly or indirectly took part in the attack on hundreds of students, including Rubel, who were protesting on Ring Road at Adabor on August 5.
Rubel suffered bullet wounds and died of his injuries at a hospital after two days, the statement said.