Salman F Rahman, former adviser to the recently ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and former law minister Anisul Huq have been arrested from the Sadarghat area of the capital during an alleged escape attempt, police said.

They were arrested in a case filed with the New Market Police Station, DMP Commissioner Mainul Hasan confirmed to media today (13 August).

Police arrested them on a tip-off while the arrestees were trying to flee the capital on waterways, said the commissioner.