Dhaka, Feb. 19 -- Police have arrested popular content creator Ashraful Alom, widely known as Hero Alom, in connection with a rape case filed in Bogura.

He was detained around 2pm on Thursday from a place near the Shajahanpur Police Station on the Dhaka-Bogura Highway.

Additional Police Superintendent Mostofa Mojnur said they executed an arrest warrant issued on Feb 10 by a court over "rape" and "repression".

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the content creator from his locality, he said.

"Alom attempted to flee to Dhaka when Bogura Sadar Police went to arrest him. We later chased his vehicle and apprehended him when he was near Shajahanpur Police Station. He has since been produced before the court," said the officer.

The case w...