Dhaka Metropolitan police has arrested Kaushik Hossain Taposh, chairman of Gaan Bangla Television, from Uttara of the capital.
The arrestee has been taken to the Uttara East Police Station on Monday morning, confirmed Md Mohibullah, officer in charge of the police station.
Kaushik Hossain Taposh has been accused in a murder case filed by businessman named Ishtiaq Mahmud with Uttara Purba police station on October 29.
The case states Kaushik Hossain Taposh opposed the anti-discrimination student movement and he tried to undermine the movement of the students and the public by encouraging various terrorist cadres including those of Awami League, Jubo League and Chhatra League by creating music against the cause.
On July 18, the plaintiff Ishtiaq Mahmud was shot in the stomach during the student-public movement and was prevented from going to the nearby hospital for treatment. The miscreants who shot him had close ties with musician Kaushik Hossain Taposh.
At the same time, he prevented the plaintiff businessman Ishtiaq Mahmud from receiving treatment, adds the statement.
