Hasan Mahmud detained at airport while fleeing country

The fallen government's foreign minister and Awami League's joint general secretary Hasan Mahmud has been detained at Dhaka Airport while leaving the country.

Sources at the Dhaka Airport confirmed about detaining him while fleeing the country on Tuesday (August 6).

On the day before, his leader Sheikh Hasina fled to India handing over resignation letter to the president.

Before Sheikh Hasina left the country, many ministers and top leaders of the ruling party also fled the country. Those who could not leave, they are now trying their best to do so secretly. 

Meanwhile, former state minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak was detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Airport officials and employees apprehended him after he went to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with his two personal officials on Tuesday afternoon.

Instead of allowing him boarding the aircraft, he was taken to the immigration custody.