Dhaka: Police arrested the former commissioner of Dhaka City Corporation ward 11 Shamim Parvez at Paikpara in Dhaka on Wednesday night.

Quoting Shamim’s wife Jannat Ara Ferdous, BNP Chairperson’s media wing Officer Shamsuddin Didar said the Mirpur police Sub-inspector Rashed arrested Shamim in a business organisation at about 11:30pm.

However, confirming the arrest, Mirpur Model Police Officer-in-charge Bhuiyan Mahbub Hossain said police arrested Shamim in Mirpur’s Paikpara area on Wednesday night. He is wanted in several cases and earlier an arrest warrant was issued for him.