Police arrested him at his office at Rajshahi City Bhaban at around 11:00am and took him to Boalia Police Station. He was produced before a metropolitan magistrate court at about 1:00pm that ordered to send him to jail.

Minu went into hiding hours after he was released on bail on Sunday afternoon. The police had orders from the headquarters to arrest him again following his bail that day and Minu was allegedly tipped off about it by some police officials.

He managed to dodge a group of police tailing him by frequently changing vehicles on his way to hiding.

Later in the night, police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members raided his two houses at Shalbagan and Bhadra residential areas several times in search of him.

At around 1:00am, Minu phoned several local journalists and informed them that he was surrendering to police the next morning, as he would be put on 'one-month detention.'

From nightlong hiding, the mayor suddenly appeared at his office at around 9:30am.

Senior police officials, including RMP Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mahbubur Rahman, rushed to the mayor's office soon after Minu called them up on phone, sources in city corporation public relations office said.

Police officials had talks with Minu for over an hour before he was taken to Boalia Police Station.

Talking to The Daily Star, RMP DC Mahbubur Rahman explained that Minu was signing some important office files and handing over his duties.

Following directives of high-ups, police sent a proposal to the home ministry for putting him on detention, he informed.

Listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as one of the corrupt people, Minu was held on June 6 over an extortion case with Rajpara Police Station.