Lalmonirhat Correspondent:

Police seized a luxurious vehicle owned by former State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Motahar Hossain in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Monday morning.

Police detained vehicle’s driver Kazal Chandra Roy and his assistant Aziz.

Quoting locals, Officer-in-charge of Kaliganj police station Selim Malik said driver Kazal brought out the vehicle from a house along the India border in Borokhata union of Hatibandha upazila to go to Dhaka in the morning.

Noticing the vehicle, locals chased it and stopped in front of Kakina Refueling Station, he said.

On information, police took the vehicle under their custody and detained the duo.

He was the Awami League MP elected from Lalmonirhat-1 constituency and has been absconding since the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5 last year.