The Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) has arrested 9 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliates on charges of participating in a Jhatika procession in the capital and planning sabotage.
They were arrested in a drive conducted in different areas of the capital from Saturday evening to Sunday morning.
They are: Dhaka South City Corporation Ward No. 10 Swechchhasebak League President Moksedur Rahman Molla Kishore (47), former president of Srinagar Thana Awami Swechchhasebak League in Munshiganj Enamul Huda Lalu (60), former member of Ward No. 9 of Dhaka Metropolitan South Awami Jubo League and publicity secretary of Motijheel Thana Awami Matsyajibi League Abdul Gaffar (56), Lalbagh Thana Ward No. 24 Awami League President Baharul Islam Titu (46), Mirpur Thana Chhatra League activist Saiful Islam Lyon (24), Dhaka Metropolitan South Awami League’s former information and research secretary and forest and environment secretary Naeem Noman (60), Demra Thana Jubo League organizing secretary Humayun Kabir Rajan (42), Bhola Sadar Upazila Charsamaiya Union Awami League President and Union Parishad Chairman Mohiuddin Matabbar (43), and Bhatara Thana Chhatra League’s former vice-president. and Tangail District Branch Sheikh Russell National Children and Adolescent Council Vice President Sikder Sohel Hazari (30).
A press release from the DMP’s media wing on Sunday said that several departments of the DB conducted these raids in a coordinated manner. They were arrested in Tejgaon Industrial Area, Kalabagan, Lalbagh, Mirpur, Pallabi, Demra, Dhanmondi and Kafrul areas from Saturday evening to night.
The DMP further said that the arrested persons are accused of destabilizing the law and order situation in the capital, creating panic in the public mind through sudden processions and cases filed in various police stations. Legal action is under process against them.
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