Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Immediately after his arrest in a raid on a house in Dhaka's Bashundhara residential area on Saturday night, Jubo League expelled him as a joint general secretary of its Dhaka Metropolitan North unit.

RAB also raided his home at Mohammadia Housing Society and office in Mohammadpur and seized illegal firearms and liquor. The law enforcers also confiscated his passport, said RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam.

He went into hiding after the government launched a crackdown on illegal casinos last month. A number of people, mostly ruling Awami League's youth affiliate Jubo League, have been arrested and allegations of extortion, contract-grabbing and running illegal gambling business against them have surfaced.

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