Dhaka, July 24 -- Police on Wednesday arrested the former mayor of Santhia Municipality in Pabna district Md. Mahbubul Alam Bachchu (50) in a case registered under the Explosive Substances Act from the Paltan area of Dhaka.

A team of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Bachchu in a raid at Paltan Thana area on Wednesday, reports BSS citing a press release.

He is also the president of Santhia Municipality Awami League.

Bachchu is an accused in a case filed with Santhia Police Station in Pabna district under section 3/4 of the Explosive Substances Act of 1908, on March 10 last year.

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