President Kais Saied security forces placed judge Béchir Akremi, accused of obstructing justice, under house arrest on Friday night.
Akremi is prohibited from leaving his home for a renewable period of 40 days, Tunisian media reported.
The judge is also banned from making contact with anyone unless he receives a special permission granted by the authorities.
Akremi, a former public prosecutor at the Tunis Béchir Akremi court of first instance is accused of having concealed important evidence in the files of the assassination of Chokri Belaïd and Mohamed Brahmi, opposition leaders assassinated in 2013.
The move comes a day after Kais ordered the arrest of independent MP and critic Yassine Ayari in front of his home in Tunis and sentenced to two months in jail, the General State Agency for Military Justice reported.
Mokhtar Jemai, Ayari’s lawyer, said his client’s arrest “came for his recent opinions”.
Saied said on Friday he would not turn into a dictator, rejecting accusations that he aims to seize control over the government, after the unprecedented moves he took last week.
Saied dissolved parliament, dismissed the prime minister, and became the country’s chief executive, in what has cast doubt over the North African Republic’s shaky democracy.
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