Detectives have arrested two former army officers on allegations of conspiring against the state.
Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Debashish and Lieutenant (retd) Gulshan Ara have been arrested in connection with the cases filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Cyber Security Act.
Md Shafiqul Islam, additional commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed their arrests on Monday morning.
Both were arrested from different areas of Dhaka.
Gulshan Ara was arrested on Sunday night. Subsequently, Debashish was arrested over allegations of his association with Gulshan Ara.
According to DB sources, there is information indicating their alleged links with the Awami League, whose activities are currently banned, in a conspiracy to create an unstable situation in the country.
They were arrested based on specific information regarding the spread of anti-state propaganda on social media and the disruption of public security through cybercrime.
