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Arrests shoot up

Star Report
Ahead of the March 12 opposition rally in Dhaka, law enforcers in 24 hours arrested hundreds, many of them leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
According to sources at the police headquarters, the number
of arrestees across the country was 2,849 in 24 hours until 6:00am yesterday. At least 80 people were arrested in the capital alone. On an average day, police detain 2,000-2,200 people in the country.
Police headquarters, however, did not provide any details of the arrests.
In a statement, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday alleged that the government started mass arrests and detained hundreds of leaders and workers.
Khaleda had declared the programme—Cholo Cholo Dhaka Cholo (March towards Dhaka)—from her January 9 rally in Chittagong aiming to mount pressure on the government for the restoration of the caretaker government system.
Police yesterday morning in Cox's Bazar town and Teknaf detained 14 leaders and activists of Jamaat and pro-Jamaat student body Islami Chhatra Shibir accusing them of having a meeting intended for sabotage.
In Thakurgaon, police detained Shibir's district unit President Abdul Bashar at a dormitory in Hazipara area near the Government Women's College yesterday afternoon.
Law enforcers Thursday night arrested 40 people from different areas in Noakhali. Local BNP claimed that most of the arrestees were leaders and activists of the main opposition BNP and its associate bodies. Police, however, said the arrestees were fugitives.
In Khulna, police arrested 27 supporters of BNP, its associate organisations, Jamaat and Shibir early yesterday for what they claimed to prevent them from carrying out criminal activities centring the rally in Dhaka. The arrestees include Saidur Rahman, president of Shibir's Khulna city unit.
Shibir leaders alleged that apart from the arrests, police ransacked 12 rooms of a private hostel on Nazirghat Road, which police denied.
Meanwhile, police
arrested Dhaka district unit (south) Jamaat Ameer Abul Hashem at his home in Keraniganj Thursday night. Police said Hashem, also a Shura member of the party, was arrested in a case filed in connection with attack on policemen and torching a police vehicle at Motijheel on January 12.
In Narayanganj, police nabbed 10 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat at Sonargaon upazilaThursday night and early yesterday.
Patuakhali police said they arrested nine activists of BNP and Jamaat at different parts of the district Thursday night suspecting them of being involved in violent activities.
Four leaders of BNP's volunteer wing Swechchhasebak Dal and pro-BNP student front Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal were picked up by police at Bagerhat Sadar and Chitalmari upazila on Thursday. The arrestees include Golam Mahiuddin Jilani and Tarafdar Nillur Rahman, president and general secretary of the district unit Swechchhasebak Dal.
In Narail, police arrested four Jubo Dal leaders and one Jamaat activist at Narail Sadar and Lohagara upazila Thursday night. Police claimed that they were arrested at a check post but their family members said police raided their homes at night to arrest them.