Police arrested Professor Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, the former Vice-Chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, in connection with a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
He was detained on Thursday morning from a residence in the Mohammadpur area of the capital by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
The information was confirmed by Muhammad Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division.
Professor Kalimullah has been taken to the DB office at Minto Road for further questioning, according to the official.
Details of the ACC case have yet to be disclosed, but sources say it involves allegations of corruption during his tenure as Vice-Chancellor.
