Harris Chowdhury's driver Abdus Salam and brother-in-law Mohammad Masum were arrested under section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and produced before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Jagannath Das Khokan with prayers for seven-days' remand for each for interrogation.

Harris Chowdhury is one of the 50 corruption suspects listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

On Wednesday, Rapid Action Battalion had seized a luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) owned by Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to immediate past prime minister Khaleda Zia, and arrested his two brothers-in-law along with the driver of the car.

In the forwarding report, police said the arrestees produced before the court were close associates of Harris Chowdhury. Moreover, they had been in hiding for a long time to evade arrest. They need to be quizzed further to know whereabouts of Harris and his associates.

On the hearing, the court placed each of the two on a three-day remand.

The ACC on February 18 disclosed names of 50 corruption suspects and asked them to submit their wealth statements by February 25. Instead of appearing before the ACC in person, as required by the corruption watchdog, Harris sent a lawyer to the ACC to submit his wealth statement on his behalf. The ACC rejected the statement.