Bangladesh, Sept. 9 -- Former secretary Bhuiyan Shafiqul Islam has been arrested in the same anti-terrorism case that earlier saw former Awami League Presidium member Abdul Latif Siddique sent to jail on charges of "anti-government conspiracy".

In a statement on Tuesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Police said Bhuiyan, along with seven other leaders and activists of the now-banned Awami League and its affiliated organisations, had been detained.

"He has been arrested in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act filed with Shahbagh Police Station. After obtaining information about secret collusion with Latif Siddique, Abu Alam Shahid Khan and others, he was arrested," said Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam of the Detective Branch.

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