Journalist Anis Alamgir is still at the Detective Branch (DB) office of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He was taken there for questioning on Sunday evening.

Speaking around 9:15am on Monday, a senior DB official told a local daily that Anis Alamgir remains at the office and a decision regarding him will be made. DMP’s Media and Public Relations Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman also confirmed his presence at the DB office.

Earlier, at around 1:15am on Sunday night, Talebur Rahman said that Anis Alamgir had been brought to the DB office. Before that, around 8:30pm, Anis Alamgir told the media over the phone that he had been taken from a gym in the Dhanmondi area. According to him, DB officials informed him that their chief wanted to speak with him.

He said he was picked up from Dhanmondi around 7:30pm and reached the DB office at about 8:00pm. Since then, he had been waiting and had not yet met the DB chief at that time.

Senior journalist Anis Alamgir has worked with several media outlets, including the daily Ajker Kagoj. In recent times, he had drawn attention for his comments on various television talk shows.