Dhaka/IBNS, Feb. 7 -- The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested actor Meher Afroz Shaon on charges of conspiring against the state.

"She was taken into custody from Dhanmondi on Thursday night," Additional Police Commissioner (DB) Rezaul Karim Mallik told Dhaka Tribune.

According to reports, Shaon has been vocal against "atrocities" in Bangladesh and criticised the Mohammad Yunus government.

Her detention comes hours after her village home in Jamalpur was attacked and set on fire.

Students and locals reportedly torched the house near Norundi Railway Station in Jamalpur Sadar Upazila around 6pm.

In the last general election, Shaon too sought a parliamentary seat from a reserved women's quota as an Awami L...