Police have arrested five leaders and activists of the banned organisation Chhatra League with four crude bombs and three petrol bombs in Dhamrai, Dhaka, while they were preparing for sabotage and a procession. They were detained in the Bathuli area of the Dhaka-Aricha highway.
On Sunday (15 November) morning a regular case was filed against the arrested men under the Explosive Substances Act and they were sent to court.
The arrested are Md Shakibul Hasan of Bakchar in Kushura union, Dhamrai upazila; Himel Hasan of Dakshin Para, Ward 5, Dhamrai municipality; Ripon Hossain of Bathuli, Dhamrai; Dipankar Bala of Kashiani police station in Gopalganj district; and Lenin Bala of Dhopra village under the same police station.
According to police and local sources, before dawn on Saturday a group of leaders and activists of the banned Chhatra League gathered in the Bathuli Scale area of the Dhaka-Aricha highway and were preparing to bring out a procession. Acting on information from local people, a team from Dhamrai police station quickly raided the spot. The rest fled when they sensed the police, but police caught five on the spot. Four unexploded crude bombs and three petrol bombs were recovered from them.
Dhamrai police station officer in charge Nazmul Huda Khan said they had gathered there to carry out sabotage and create disorder in the area. Five were arrested with the help of local people, and four crude bombs and three petrol bombs were found on them at the time of arrest. Police operations to identify and arrest those who fled are continuing. The arrested men have been sent to court with a request for five days’ remand.
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