Dhaka: The adviser to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, Alhazz Mohammad Mosaddek Ali, was taken by plain clothes in front of the party chief’s political office at Gulshan in Dhaka on Sunday. 

The move came within a minute after Mosaddek Ali came out of the office following a meeting with the BNP chairperson, witnesses said.

‘He came to the office at about 7:30pm to meet the BNP chairperson. As he went out of the office at about 8:00pm, plain clothes detained him,’ said Shamsuddin Didar, an official of BNP chairperson’s media wing.

Detective Branch deputy commissioner Sheikh Nazmul Alam confirmed that the leader was picked up and was being taken to DB headquarters in Dhaka for questioning.