The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested Khorshed Alam, an associate of former mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, for his alleged involvement in a shooting during a recent mass uprising.

CID Special Superintendent Jasim Uddin Khan stated that Khorshed led the attack on the protesters and confessed during preliminary interrogation. Earlier, on May 15, another close aide of Taposh, SM Kamal Haider, was also arrested in the same case.