Quota protest: Over 200 cases in Dhaka, 2,500 arrested
Staff Correspondent
Over 200 cases have been filed at different police stations across Dhaka over the violence surrounding the quota reform protests, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police said on Saturday.
A total of 2,536 people have been arrested in connection with the 207 cases, the statement said.
However, the statement did not mention which cases had been filed at which stations.
Violence suddenly broke out in the capital and other parts of the country amid the movement for quota reforms. Private and public property was vandalised, torched, and looted.
Hundreds of vehicles were burnt, while BTV broadcasts were suspended due to an arson attack on the state television channel’s building. Internet service was interrupted across the country.
Students, police, journalists, pedestrians, and even day labourers were killed amid the government’s attempts to restore order.
Eventually, the government imposed a curfew across the country and deployed the army to try and bring things under control.
Since things have calmed, the police have launched operations to try and arrest saboteurs in connection with a number of different cases at police stations across the country.
Raids are ongoing in different parts of the country to arrest known criminals, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.
Several BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders have been arrested. Many of them have been remanded to the police for interrogation.
