Police on Sunday arrested 31 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Bangladesh Islami Chattra Shibir from a procession in Dinajpur.
The Jamaat-Shibir men brought out the procession as part of their ‘ongoing anti-government movement’ in station area of Dinajpur district town.
Leaders and activists of different areas of Jamaat-Shibir brought out a protest procession in the morning demanding the release of party leaders and activists, said Tanvirul Islam Tanvir, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali police station.
Police arrested 31 people when they tried to escape on a bus sensing police presence.
The leaders and activists from various areas including Chiribandar Debiganj were gathering in the town and trying to carry out sabotage, said the OC.