The police detained at least 22 suspected leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations on Monday night and Tuesday for taking part in the party鈥檚 flash processions in Dhaka, Chattogram and Cumilla districts.
Of them, 10 people were detained in Dhaka, seven in Chattogram and five others were held in Cumilla, the police said.
Reports received from the districts said that the flash processions were brought out demanding the resignation of Professom Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.
The activities of the Awami League are now banned in the country.
In Dhaka, the police detained six individuals from the Shyamoli area and four others from the Motijheel area for taking part in the Awami League鈥檚 flash processions in the areas.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 deputy commissioner for Tejgaon Division, Md Ibne Mizan, said that the activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League tried to bring out a procession near Shishu Mela at about 8:00am on Tuesday.
鈥楾he police noticed that a few people gathered at one place in the morning. On suspicion, the police started questioning them. At that time, the protesters hurled multiple cocktails,鈥� he said.
The police detained six individuals from the spot while others managed to flee, DC Mizan said, adding that the police also seized a motorcycle from the spot.
The police detained four others for participating in a procession at Shapla Chattar in the Motijheel area Tuesday afternoon, according to a DMP press release.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Cumilla reported that five individuals were arrested after the Awami League brought out a flash procession at Daudkandi on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway Tuesday afternoon.
Daudkandi Model police station officer-in-charge Md Junayet Chowdhury said that local people caught the five and handed them over to the police.
抖阴精品 staff correspondent in Chattogram, quoting Bandar police station officer-in-charge Aftab Uddin, reported that the police arrested seven people Monday night in connection with a torch procession organised by the banned BCL members in Chattogram city鈥檚 Bandar area.
The seven detainees were later shown arrested in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, OC Aftab said.
Besides, 12 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations, including a former mayor of Gafargaon Municipality in Mymensingh, were arrested at different places in the capital between Monday morning and early Tuesday.
They were arrested for their alleged involvement in activities to destablise the country, said a DMP press release issued on Tuesday.
