Five alleged Tahrir operatives held
Police arrested five alleged members of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir as they were trying to bring out a procession at the capital's Nilkhet yesterday in protest of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Dhaka.
The arrestees, as police claimed, are Mainuddin, student of finance at Dhaka University; Faysal Khan, student of finance at Jagannath University; Shafiur Rahman, student of Eastern University; Imran Ali of BIMS; and Mamunur Rashid of ICMAB.
Sub-inspector Shafiqur Rahman of New Market Police Station said a group of 25-30 youths gathered near Nilkhet intersection with banners and leaflets, containing anti-state statements and provoking speeches against the visit of Hillary Clinton and Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and were preparing to bring out the procession around 5:30pm.
They were also distributing leaflets among the traders and pedestrians in the area, he added.
Later traders informed police of their presence and chased the youths, capturing the five, the SI said. They gave the five youths a good beating, he said, and police rescued them and sent Faysal and Mainuddin to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.
Police will file case against them under anti-terrorism act.
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