The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested Kazi Ertaza Hassan, editor and publisher of the Daily Vorer Pata, on Tuesday in a case filed over occupying a plot of land through forgery.

He was apprehended at his office in Gulshan-2 at night, according to the law enforcement agency.

Md Saiful Islam Bhuiyan, brother of Ashiyan Lands Development Ltd Managing Director Md Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan, filed the case with Khilkhet police station on January 1 this year.

Other accused in the case are — Abu Yusuf Abdullah, Riazul Alam and Selim Munshi.

PBI’s Additional Superintendent of Police Abu Yusuf said the agency was investigating the case and found Ertaza’s involvement in the land grabbing through forgery. “That’s why he was arrested.”

Also the editor of the Daily Peoples Time, Ertaza is a director of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).