The district records 40.8 degrees Celsius, the highest this seasons
Md Ilias, 32, was stopped at the check post in front of the new annex building at 12:45pm Tuesday, said Kotwali Police OC Mohiuddin Selim.
The money, he said, was found in a jute bag Ilias was carrying. The detained man hails from Brahmanbaria.
A man identifying himself as a member of banned extremist outfit Jamaat- ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) called a lawyer in the morning and threatened to blow up the court building.