Police continued the countrywide arrest drives as at least 150 more people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with cases filed on charges of violence during the student protests against the quota system in the civil service.
Fear gripped the people of the country, especially those who are from the capital, Dhaka, as law enforcement agencies kept searching door to door to arrest people, mostly leaders and activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police said that it had arrested a total of 2,957 people from the capital in connection with cases filed over violence in Dhaka during the quota protests.
Among the arrested, at least 59 people were arrested in 24 hours between Tuesday and Wednesday, while seven new cases were also filed by the police within the period in Dhaka, said DMP officials.
The new cases took the number of cases filed over the incidents in Dhaka to 272.
Meanwhile, at least 78 more people were sent to jail on Wednesday by Dhaka鈥檚 several Chief Metropolitan Magistrate courts in connection with the recent violence.
Besides, a Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Amar Bangladesh Party member secretary Mojibur Rahman Manju on a five-day remand, rejecting his bail petition in a violence case filed with Dhanmondi police station.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury passed the order as police produced Manju before the court and sought seven-day remand to interrogate him in a case filed by police with Dhanmondi police station on July 21.
A Dhaka court, however, on Wednesday granted bail to chairman and chief executive officer of Viyellatex group Rezaul Hasanat David in a case filed over vandalising and setting Setu Bhaban in the capital鈥檚 Banani area on fire on July 18.
On July 25, the court placed businessman David on a five-day remand, and he was sent to jail on July 30 after his remand.
It was reported that police allegedly picked up 20 students from Khulna city鈥檚 Royal and Moilapotha crossings, respectively, on Wednesday when they tried to bring out a procession in favour of the 鈥楳arch for Justice鈥� programme.
抖阴精品 correspondents from Rajshahi and Chattogram reported that police arrested 24 and 12 more people, respectively, in 24 hours, in connection with violence cases.
抖阴精品 correspondent from Jashore reported that Kotwali police detained five students during a procession near the Jashore Press Club.
At least 10 students were detained by police after clashes between police and students demonstrating as part of the 鈥楳arch for Justice鈥� programme in Barishal city on Wednesday.
Starting with block raids and other drives, police and other law enforcement agencies have arrested over 10,000 people across Bangladesh since July 15, following the student protests that left over 200 people killed.