A Dhaka court has granted a five-day remand for retired Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury in connection with a human trafficking case. The former army officer was shown arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in a case filed at Paltan Police Station. Following his arrest, DB police sought a five-day remand, which the court approved.

According to DB officials, Masud Uddin faces more than eight cases, including some filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) that are still under investigation. He was arrested late Monday night from his residence in Baridhara DOHS, Dhaka. DB’s Additional Commissioner Md. Shafiqul Islam confirmed the arrest and ongoing investigations during a press briefing at the DMP Media Center on Minto Road.

Masud Uddin previously served as the General Officer Commanding of the Ninth Division during the 2007 “One-Eleven” political crisis and was coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Serious Crimes and Corruption Suppression during the emergency period.