Retired Lt Gen Masud Uddin Chy detained

Masud Uddin Chowdhury, a retired three-star Army general who rose to prominence during the 2007-08 caretaker government, has been detained by detectives during a late-night raid at a house in Dhaka's Baridhara DOHS area.

''Yes, we have arrested him,'' said  DB chief Shafiqul Islam, adding that, ''There are as many as five cases against him.''

On July 3, 2025, a Dhaka court ordered the seizure and freezing of movable assets belonging to former MP Masud Uddin, following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). 

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain ordered the attachment of movable assets of the former MP.

Masud was general officer commanding (GOC) of 9 Infantry Division at Savar when a state of emergency was declared across the country on January 11, 2007.

He was made chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Serious Crimes and Corruption and was shortly promoted to the position of lieutenant general and appointed to National Defence College on June 2, 2008.