Dhaka, April 11 -- Meghna Alam, model and chairperson of Miss Bangladesh Foundation who also held the title of Miss Earth Bangladesh 2020, has been taken into custody by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) under the Special Powers Act.

She was picked up on Wednesday and placed under protective custody for 30 days on Thursday, said DMP's Deputy Commissioner (Media) Talebur Rahman on Friday.

"Meghna Alam has been kept in security custody following all legal procedures on charges of being involved in a conspiracy to endanger state security, to attempt to deteriorate inter-state relations by spreading falsehoods about important persons, and to economically harm the country. The allegation that she has been abducted ...