Tarique Rahman is arrested. Khaleda Zia's son leads an impressive list of arrestees in raids starting late Wednesday night through early Thursday morning.
Tarique was arrested early Thursday from her mother's cantonment home and taken away by joint forces, according to our senior political correspondent Sumon Mahmood.
Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain, a BNP standing committee member, was picked up from his Gulshan home late Wednesday night.
Chittagong mayor A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury was taken away from his home in the city at 11.25pm Wednesday.
The arrests came amid speculation that a second list of "corrupt 50" was about to be published. Sources say the latest detainees were all on the alleged list.
One of the early raids Wednesday night was on the daily Janakantha office at the capital's Easkaton: Atiqullah Khan Masud was led away by the joint forces at 10.15pm.
Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former Islami Chhatra Shibir president Syed Abdullah Taher was arrested from Shyamoli in the capital.
The forces went to the Sudha Sadan and left the vicinity of the Dhanmondi home of Sheikh Hasina after 40 minutes. the officers went inside and spent a few minutes.
Sudha Sadan sources said they were looking for Sheikh Helaluddin and A F M Bahauddin Nasim.
The forces returned to Hasina's home at around 1.45am.
Joint forces have been surrounding the home of Jatiya Party leader Anwar Hossain Manju since 11.15 pm Wednesday.







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