Dhaka, May 9 -- Former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has expressed her disappointment ahead of her arrest.

She said, "Am I a tyrant? Have I killed or extorted? Do I have a record of ever attacking any opposition party in Narayanganj city? Then why and in whose interest am I being arrested?"

A team from Sadar Model Police Station went to Ivy's ancestral home "Chunka Kutir" around 11:30 pm on Thursday to arrest her. Thousands of locals took to the streets immediately after hearing about the police operation.

They started shouting slogans saying they would not let Ivy be arrested and taken away "in the dark of night". Then, around 5:45am, the three-time mayor left the house in the city's Deobhog area and got into a p...