Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- Police detectives have arrested actor and filmmaker Meher Afroz Shaon in Dhaka's Dhanmondi.

Additional Commissioner Rezaul Karim Mallik of DMP's Detective Branch said she was arrested around 8pm on Thursday.

However, the official did not say on what charges she has been shown arrested.

A group of "protesters" set fire to Shaon's village home in Jamalpur's Narundi around 6pm on Thursday. The detective police reported her detention in Dhaka shortly after the incident.

Last year, she collected the Awami League's nomination form to run for the reserved women's seat in the 12th parliament from the Mymensingh Division.

The actor's mother Tahura Ali was also a reserved seat MP in the parliament.

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