Dhaka, June 22 -- Police have taken former chief election commissioner Nurul Huda into custody after he was assaulted by "students and members of the public" outside his home in Uttara, hours after being named in a lawsuit filed by the BNP.

Huda, whose commission organised the 10th, 11th, and 12th parliamentary elections, was listed as one of 19 accused in a case filed by the BNP on Thursday with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police.

The charges allege responsibility for holding elections without the people's mandate. The list of accused also includes deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former election commissioners.

Later in the evening, a group of protesters gathered outside Huda's residence in Uttara Sector 5 and physically harassed him....