Police have arrested a man in Dhaka's Turag area for brandishing a "dummy rifle" during a procession.

The arrestee is Mujahidul Islam Chowdhury, 49, confirmed Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

According to Turag police, based on a tip-off, a patrol team learned around 1:50pm yesterday that a group of people had gathered near Khalpar Police Box area in Turag and were brandishing weapons to create panic and disrupt public order.

As police approached the spot, the group fled. Later, the investigators identified Mujahidul through video footage captured by locals and through subsequent questioning.

Around 4:30pm the same day, a police team from Turag, with the help of Uttara West Police, conducted a raid at a house in Sector 12 of Uttara and arrested Mujahidul with the dummy rifle.

A case was filed against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009, police said.