Bangladeshi former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her son Arafat Rahman Coco were arrested here early Monday, security officials said.
The arrest move came hours after the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a corruption case against 13 people, including the former prime minister and her younger son.
Khaleda will be taken to the court of metropolitan magistrate Md Salehuddin. Security officers put in place a huge security arrangement on the road to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court for Dhaka.