Law enforcement agencies and security forces on Thursday arrested 1,665 people, including 566 in the Operation Devil Hunt aimed at restoring the deteriorated law and order situation.
Firearms and ammunition, including two foreign pistols and five rounds of bullets, along with one sharp weapon were also seized in the operation, said the police headquarters in a press release on Thursday.
Outside the Operation Devil Hunt, 1,099 arrests were made on Thursday in different types of cases across the country, it said.
Earlier on Wednesday, 1,686, including 591 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested.
On Sunday, on the day the government launched the countrywide police-led operation of the joint forces, 1,308 people were arrested, on Monday 1,521 others, including 343 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested and on Tuesday 1,775 people, including 607 in the Operation Devil Hunt were arrested.
Most of the 7,955 individuals arrested in the drives, including the Operation Devil Hunt, in the five days are leaders and activists of Awami League and its allies, according to police officials.
On February 8, the government announced the launch of Operation Devil Hunt against the backdrop of February 7 violent attacks on students and people in Gazipur that left 15 students injured.
Many Awami League leaders in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country have been on the run to avoid arrest since the night of February 8 when the drive was launched.
At least 30 leaders and activists of the AL and its affiliated bodies were arrested in special operation on Thursday for their involvement in attacks on student protesters during the anti-discrimination movement, 抖阴精品 correspondent in Chattogram reported.
A Chhatra League activist Khadija Akter, 17, was arrested in Brahmanbaria in an Operation Devil Hunt drive, 抖阴精品 correspondent in the district reported.
A Brahmanbaria court on Thursday ordered sending her to a juvenile correction institution, said Mozaffar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Brahmanbaria Sadar model police station.
At least 21 leaders and activists of the AL and its affiliated bodies were arrested on the fifth day of the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, 抖阴精品 correspondent in Khagrachari reported.
At least eight leaders and activists of the AL and its associate bodies were arrested from Feni on Thursday, 抖阴精品 correspondent in Feni reported, quoting Feni Model police station investigation inspector Iqbal Hossain.
The Operation Devil Hunt was announced in the aftermath of a spate of attacks carried out on the houses of Awami League leaders, party offices, and the murals and portraits of the country鈥檚 founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and his daughter deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina since February 5 when the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum building at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka was razed to the ground.
The chaotic situation ensued when different groups on their social media platforms called on people to join the 鈥楤ulldozer procession鈥� to demolish the Dhanmondi 32 building over the speech of Sheikh Hasina, now sheltered in India following her ouster amid a mass uprising, to the country鈥檚 student community online on February 5 evening.
