Four activists of banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir were arrested yesterday while fleeing from a rally in the port city's Love Lane area.

The arrested are Kazi Ahmed Irfanul Karim, a second year student of mechanical engineering department at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) and Mozammel Hossain, Mohammad Hossain and Badsha Mia, all fifth year students of BGC Trust Medical College.

Of them, Irfanul introduced himself as an activist of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Hossain and Badsha claimed to be school student and garment worker respectively.

Deputy Commissioner (north) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Banaj Kumar Majumder said some 50 Hizb ut-Tahrir men brought out an procession from Love Lane intersection at around 12:30pm and staged a rally.

They also distributed leaflets, containing antigovernment propaganda, among the journalists.

The outfit members fled the scene when a police patrol approached them, said the DC.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station Shakhawat Hossain said process was underway to file cases against the detainees.

On April 15 this year, Hizb ut-Tahrir brought out another procession from Charagi Pahar intersection at Jamal Khan and fled after hanging banner and festoons at boundary grills of Chittagong Press Club.