Police have arrested 2,536 people in Dhaka in connection with the unrest over students’ demonstrations for reform in the government job quotas.
They were arrested from July 12 to 26 from different parts of the capital, said KN Roy Nioty, ADC (Media and Public Relations) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
Besides, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 290 people from different parts of the country, including Dhaka, in connection with the recent violence over quota reform protests.
ASP Imran Khan of the RAB headquarters media wing said the drives were conducted till Saturday morning.
During the drives, 71 people were arrested from Dhaka while the rest from outside Dhaka, he said.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said law enforcement agencies' drives will continue until attackers and saboteurs are identified and none will be spared.
“No matter who they are, no one will be spared,” he said while talking to reporters after a meeting with the law enforcing agencies and public representatives at Rangpur Shilpakala Auditorium.
Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Chief Harun-or-Rashid said those who had committed acts of sabotage and killed police officers in the name of the quota movement would not be spared, no matter where they were.
He made this remark at a press conference held at the DB office in the capital on Friday.
The DB chief said that those who had killed police officers, murdered civilians, and conducted sabotage at government installations, including the metro rail, would face legal action. Those who led these activities and financed them or facilitated financial transactions would not be spared, no matter where they were, he added.
