Former joint secretary Syed Jaglul Pasha has been arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) over allegations that he fabricated documents and gave false testimony in the Zia Orphanage Trust case against former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. DB Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the arrest on Wednesday (5 August), saying Jaglul Pasha was arrested on Tuesday night from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area. DB Additional Commissioner said Jaglul Pasha faces multiple criminal cases. According to DB sources, Jaglul Pasha had flown to Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar. Detectives kept him under surveillance and arrested him in the airport area at around 8:50pm.