Police in a drive arrested 30 suspected activists of Jamaat-e-Islami
and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from the port city’s DC
Hill area on Wednesday.
Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Mohiuddin Selim said a
team of police conducted a drive inside DC Hill around 10.00am and
arrested the 30 suspecting them to be members of Jamaat and Shibir.
Police had information that activists of Jamaat and Shibir gathered in
the area to commit subversive activities during its hartal on
Thursday.
People who would be found innocent would be released afterwards, added the OC.
On Tuesday night, Shibir called a half-day hartal for Thursday in the
city protesting the arrest of their 34 leaders and activists from a
mess at Chandranpura in the early hours. -UNB, Chittagong
