11 Shibir activists arrested in Jhenaidah

Police in a drive arrested eleven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, on charges of sabotage from Bethuli village in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah district on Friday evening.

The arrestees were sent to jail after interrogating them at 11:00am on Saturday, confirmed Hasanuzzaman, superintendent of Jhenaidah police.

Acting on a tiff-off, police conducted a drive in the area and arrested them while they were holding a clandestine meeting for carrying out sabotage, said Hasanuzzaman.

Police also recovered two cocktails, four iron rods, two knives and some leaflets from the spot.

A case was filed with the police station in this connection at night, he added.

Shibir’s district unit former president Md Shahabuddin alias Saddam was among the arrestees.

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