Police in Bangladesh arrested the wife of former military ruler Gen H.M. Ershad on Saturday on charges of embezzlement and making death threats against her husband, officials said. Bidisha Ershad was picked up by police from her home in Dhaka's affluent Baridhara district after her husband lodged a complaint against her at a local police station, witnesses said. The 75-year-old former dictator accused his estranged third wife of embezzling funds and threatening to kill him.Before being driven away in a police car with her underage son Eric, Bidisha replied to questions by reporters. She said the charges were "fabricated" and could not have been made by Ershad as he still loved her. She blamed her arrest on senior officials of the Jatiyo Party, the political organization founded by Ershad during his eight-year rule as military President from 1982 to 1990. "Some leaders in the party did not like my influence on my husband's organization," she said. Earlier, Ershad had sacked Bidisha as Jatiyo's vice-president and suspended her membership of the party, the second biggest opposition group in parliament.