Dhaka, May 13 -- Detectives detained former Manikganj-2 Awami League MP and renowned singer Momtaz Begum from Dhanmondi in the capital on Monday night.

Md Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media and public communications) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said a team of the Detective Branch picked her up from the Star Kabab Restaurant area around 11:30pm.

Singer Momtaz fails to secure her place in national polls

She has been accused in several cases, but it remains unclear in which case she will be shown arrested, he added.

In 2009, the famous folk artist, who performed songs of the mystic genre, became active in politics with the Awami League and was elected as an MP from reserved women's seat-21 under the party's nomination of ...