Flash marches by banned Awami League at six Dhaka locations; 18 detained with cocktails
Leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated and associate organizations brought out flash marches at six separate locations in the capital on Friday. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained a total of 18 people, including 17 from these marches.
DMP Deputy Commissioner for Media and Public Relations Md Aktar Hosen told Prothom Alo that at various times of the day, leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and the banned Jubo League, Chhatra League, Sramik League and Krishak League brought out flash marches at six locations in Mirpur, Shani Akhra and Demra in the capital.
Various DMP crime divisions conducted drives and detained 17 people from the marches. Among them, Mirpur Model police detained 8, Darussalam 2, Jatrabari 3, Demra 3 and Turag police station 1 person. Police seized some cocktails from them.
Separately, police arrested Jubo League worker Md Hridoy Ahmed alias Kala (19) this morning in front of Kurmitola General Hospital in a case filed with Cantonment police station under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Explosives Substances Act. He had thrown a cocktail onto the road from a motorcycle in the Kurmitola area.
The DMP said the 18 people, including the 17 detained from the flash marches, will be shown arrested and sent to Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court tomorrow, Saturday.
At noon on Friday, traffic police arrested a man named Jahangir (40) in front of the Kalyanpur outgoing Khaja Market in the capital as he tried to flee after exploding cocktails.
The DMP said that at around 1:30pm on Friday, 5-6 cocktails exploded with loud bangs in front of the Kalyanpur outgoing Khaja Market. As the miscreants tried to flee by motorcycle after setting off the explosions, traffic police detained Jahangir with the help of people present. He was later handed over to Darussalam police station, and legal action in the matter is under process, police said.
