The police have detained at least 28 suspected local leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations for taking part in the party鈥檚 flash processions in Dhaka and Cumilla.
The arrests were made between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
In Cumilla, the police have arrested 20 leaders and activists of the Awami league, the activities of which are banned, following a flash procession on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla鈥檚 Kotbari Batabaria area under Sadar Dakshin upazila on Sunday.
Sadar Dakshin model police station officer-in-charge Md Selim told 抖阴精品 on Sunday night that a group of 40-50 AL men under the banner of 鈥楽outh District Awami League鈥� staged a procession at about 6:30pm on Saturday.
A case was filed against 30 named and 50 unnamed individuals with the police station under the Anti-Terrorism Act over the procession, he said.
鈥楲ater, the police conducted overnight raids in different areas and made the arrests. The arrestees were produced before a court on Sunday and later sent to jail,鈥� OC Selim said.
Meanwhile, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch teams detained eight suspected men of the Awami League and its affiliates between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, said a DMP press release issued on Sunday.
According to the police, one of the arrestees, Md Yasin Ahmed Robin, was one of the leaders of the Juba League鈥檚 flash procession held at Dhanmondi 27 in the capital on September 17.
Robin, a local banned BCL leader in Cumilla, used to collect people and provide financial support for the flash processions at various places in the capital, said the release.
In May this year, the interim government has suspended activities of the AL until the completion of the trials of its leaders over atrocities during the 2024 July mass uprising that ousted the authoritarian AL regime on August 5 past year.
On October 23 past year, the interim government banned the BCL under the Anti-Terrorism Act on the allegations of its involvement in breaching public security in various ways in the past 15 years.
