DB detains ex-Press Club president Shawkat Mahmud
FE REPORT | Monday, 8 December 2025
The Detective Branch (DB) of police detained secretary general of Janata Party of Bangladesh Shawkat Mahmud from his Malibag residence in the capital on Sunday.
Mahmud was also a former vice-chairman of BNP, and a former president of the National Press Club.
Deputy Commissioner of police Talebur Rahman said a team of DB police arrested Mahmud in the afternoon. The official could not provide the details in which cases he was arrested.