Dhaka, Dec. 24 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested Ataur Rahman Bikrompuri, a religious speaker and political commentator who drew the spotlight following recent incidents.

According to the DMP, Ataur Rahman was apprehended in Narsingdi following a coordinated operation by Gazipur Metropolitan Police.

His followers began to write on Facebook about him on Tuesday night. Ataur was travelling in a bus outbound from Bhairab, which was intercepted for his arrest and detainment on a microbus, his followers claimed.

It was not immediately known whether any case has been filed against him or what the exact charges for his arrest are.

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