Dhaka, April 15 -- Khuda Baksh Chowdhury, special assistant to the chief advisor, says that the arrest of model Meghna Alam was carried out lawfully, noting that detentions under the law invoked in her case are not uncommon in Bangladesh.

His remarks came in response to questions from journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Secretariat on Tuesday.

Home Affairs Advisor Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury was also present at the time.

The press conference began with Jahangir thanking the various ministries, organisations and journalists for successfully organising Pohela Boishakh festivities.

Khuda Baksh, a former inspector general of police, expressed his surprise when the first journalist in the question-and-...