Law enforcers in their separate drives have arrested 83 leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir in the capital, and Jhenidah, Faridpur, Sunamganj and Rangpur districts, reports UNB. In the capital, police arrested five Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists along with five crude bombs and Islamic books from Khilgaon area on Thursday night. A team of Khilgaon Police Station, led by its Inspector (Investigation) Md Anwar Hossain, conducted separate drives in the area and arrested them, said the officer-in-charge of the police station. The arrested Jamaat-Shibit leaders and activists are Azizullah Bhuiyan, Arif Hossain, Md Imran Mujumder, Md Sohel and Md Bashir Ahmed.
In Faridpur, joint forces have arrested 35 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in eight upazilas of the district. The arrests were made in separate drives from Thursday night to Friday noon, said police. In Sunamganj, police in an overnight drive on Thursday arrested 27 BNP and Shibir activists from different upazilas. The arrestees were warranted in several cases, said Police Super Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid. In Jhenidah, police arrested six Shibir activists from different student messes in Sheikhpara Bazar area of Shailakupa upazila early Friday over suspicion of subversive activities. MA Hashem Khan, officer-in-charge of Shailakupa Police Station, said police conducted the drive in the messes in the early hours and arrested them. Later, the arrestees were sent to jail, added the OC. Meanwhile, police in another drive arrested a Jamaat activist from Khamarmundia village in Kaliganj upazila in the morning.
In Rangpur, a team of Kotwali Police Station launched a drive at Tanjinul Jillat Cadet Madrasah at Arshadpur Chawkbazar in the city around 4pm on Friday and arrested eight Jamaat-Shibir men, police said.
The arrestees were identified as Akmal Hossain, assistant secretary of city unit Jamaat and principal of the madrasah, Abu Sayed, principal of Kutubpur Dakhil Madrasah in Badarganj upazila and six students of different madrasahs. They were holding a secret meeting inside the madrasah to plan subversive activities, police said.