Two former army officers, Debashish and Gulshan Ara, arrested

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Two retired Bangladesh Army officers, Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Debashish Kumar Barua and Lieutenant (retd) Kazi Gulshan Ara, have been arrested in cases filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Cyber Security Act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam of the Detective Branch confirmed their arrests following separate operations in the capital on Monday morning.

According to a source familiar with the matter, Debashish was arrested over alleged links to Gulshan Ara, who is an accused in cases filed under the two laws.

Details of the allegations against the two officers and the circumstances surrounding their arrests were not immediately available.