11 Shibir men sent to jail
Ahead of the opposition's mass procession yesterday, at least 11 Shibir activists were arrested from the capital's Mirpur and sent to jail hours later.
The arrestees were Mohammad Wahid, 25, Shafiqul Islam, 27, Aman Ullah, 19, Iqbal Hossain, 19, Khabirul Islam, 21, Ismail Hossain, 19, Saiful Islam, 19, Abdullah Pial, 25, Solaiman Hossain, 19, Sayedul Adnan, 27, and Abdul Zabbar, 25.
Police raided a mess at Madani Manjil in Mirpur Section-13 around 1:00am yesterday and arrested the Shibir men, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Latif of Kafrul Police Station.
Police conducted the raid after getting information that some activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, a pro-Jamaat-e-Islami student organisation, were holding a meeting at the mess to carry out subversive activities during the mass procession, the OC said.
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