Law enforcement and security agencies arrested 529 on Monday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, raising the total number of arrests in the drive to 5,319 since the operation began on February 8.
They also seized a pistol and a one-shooter gun alongside local sharp weapons in 24 hours ending at 8:00am Monday, said a police headquarters press release.
Outside the Operation Devil Hunt, 947 arrests were made on Monday in different types of cases across the country and the total number of arrests on the day was 1,503, the release added.
At least 45 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations were arrested in Rangpur in the drive during the past 24 hours ending at 6:00am on Monday, Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha reported.
Meanwhile, 39 individuals linked to the AL and its affiliated organisations were arrested during a special operation carried out in Chattogram between 12:00am and 11:59pm on Sunday, 抖阴精品 staff correspondent in Chattogram reported.
On Sunday, 1,140 individuals, including 389 in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested.
On Saturday, 1,347 individuals, including 477 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested.
On February 9, total 1,308 people were arrested, according to police officials.
On February 10, total 1,521, including 343 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested. On February 11, another 1,775 people, including 607 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested. On February 12, total 1,686 people, including 591 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested, On February 13, total 1,665 people, including 566 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested and on February 14, total 1,457 people, including 509 in the Operation Devil Hunt, were arrested.
In the period, total 13,402 people, mostly Awami League leaders and activists, were arrested, police officials said.
At least 15 members of the Students Against Discrimination were injured in a counter attack by local people over an alleged attack on the ousted AL government鈥檚 liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque on February 7 night, leading to the death of Abdul Kashem, 17, one of the injured, while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
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.