Former CEC KM Nurul Huda. File Photo

DHAKA, June 22, 2025 (BSS) – Police tonight arrested former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda from his residence in the capital’s Uttara area, hours after a case was lodged by the BNP against him and 23 others.

Police apprehended Nurul Huda from his residence at sector 5 of Uttara around 7pm today following a mob created by some people, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Muhammad Talebur Tahman told BSS.

Following his arrest, Nurul Huda was first taken to Uttra Pashchim Police Station, he said. 
 
He is being taken to Detective Branch (DB) office at Minto Road here.    

The 11th parliamentary election was held on December 30 in 2018 when Nurul Huda was the Chief Election Commissioner. 
 
Earlier in the morning, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) filed a case against 24 individuals, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and three former chief election commissioners, for manipulation of the national elections in 2014, 2018 and 2024.

Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, four former inspectors general of police (IGP), several former election commissioners, and former chiefs of SB, NSI and DGFI had been accused in the case.

BNP national executive committee member Md Salah Uddin Khan filed the case with the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station. .

The other accused in the case are: former chief election commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed, former election commissioners (ECs) Md Abdul Mobarak, Abu Hanif, Brig Gen (Retd.) Zabed Ali, Shah Nawaz, former IGP Hasan Mahmud Khandker, former CEC KM Nurul Huda, former ECs Rafiqul Islam, Kabita Khanom, Brig Gen (Retd) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury, former IGPs Javed Patwary ,Benazir Ahmed and AKM Shahidul Haque, former chief of Special Branch (SB) Md Monirul Islam, former DGFI chief (unidentified), former deputy inspector general (DIG) of Dhaka range Syed Nurul ALam, former CEC Kazi Habib Awal, former ECs Brig Gen (Retd) Ahsan Habib, Alamgir Hossain, Anisur Rahman and then secretary of election commission secretariat (unidentified).

Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Emaul Haque of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station told BSS that the case was filed against 24 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Many other concerned people were also accused in the case, he said.

In the case statement, the complainant alleged that then Election Commission officials held farcical national elections in 2014, 2018 and 2024 and announced victory of the candidates without vote which are criminal offences.

The complainant of the case Salah Uddin Khan said then chief election commissioners, election commissioners, several members of the law enforcement agencies including chiefs of police, NSI, DGFI and SB collectively held the national parliamentary elections in 2014, 2018 and 2014.