Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been detained by security forces in Dhaka, while earlier she had been charged with corruption and murder in courts.
The ex-Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina was arrested from her Dhaka home on Monday and taken to a local court, said her party the Awami League .
It was not immediately clear on what charges Hasina was detained, but she has previously faced murder charges during political violence late last year and allegations of extortion.
Although she has denied those charges.
Television channels showed hundreds of policmen escorting Hasina, the chief of the Awami League party, to a metropolitan court.
An Awami League official confirmed Hasina had been detained and lawyers said she could be remanded to custody for interrogation.
Police had surrounded Hasina's house since Sunday midnight, witnesses said. - DDNEWS India
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