Former Chhatra Maitri president Bappaditya Basu held

Bappaditya Basu, former president of Bangladesh Chhatra Maitri, has been detained by Rapid Action Battalion in connection with a fraud and embezzlement case.

He was a fugitive, according to RAB.

RAB-10 Commanding Officer Arafat Islam said Bappaditya Basu was picked up from New Market area in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon and was later handed over to Jashore police station.

Jashore police station Officer-in-Charge Abdur Razzaq said they sent him to the court.

A Jashore court sent Bappaditya to jail on Wednesday (17 January).

Bappaditya Basu hailed from Jashore and was a suspect in three other cases filed in Noakhali, Cumilla and Barishal over embezzlement of money.