Dhaka: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Monday arrested a man from Dia Bari area under Shah Ali Thana on charge of extortion.

A team of the elite force arrested him from the area in the morning for taking TK 50 lakh from a Bangladesh-origin British citizen claiming himself as a source of law enforcers, said a text message of RAB.

The details will be disclosed at press briefing on Monday.