Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the suspended mayor of Jamalpur's Dewanganj municipality Shah Newaz Shahanshah along with illegal drugs from a hotel in Dhaka on Wednesday.
RAB legal and media wing director Khandaker Al Moin said, "Being informed, RAB surrounded the concerned place since morning and subsequently nabbed him, who was sued for slapping a government official on Victory Day, from room 305 at D Meridian in city's Uttara area this morning."
During the time, the law enforcers also recovered yaba, hemp (ganja), heroin, and cash Tk 0.35 million from his room, reports BSS.
A case will be filed against him under the Narcotics Act with Uttara East Police Station in the capital, said the RAB official.
Shahanshah is now being taken to the RAB office, said the elite force official adding that detailed information will be briefed at a press conference later.
A case was filed against him on December 17 following the occurrence of insulting the education official whom the mayor slapped.
Earlier on December 16, the mayor along with his companions went to the local Shaheed Minar on Dewanganj Govt High School premises to place wreaths when the education official was announcing names of different organisations according to the list.
But, the mayor became angry when the name of the municipality came at number five.
For this reason, at one stage, Shahanshah slapped the education official amid a huge public gatherings.
On December 21, the Local Government Division (LGD) suspended Shahanshah from his mayoral post while the ruling Awami League (AL) also excluded him from the party.
