Police have arrested five leaders and activists of the banned Chhatra League in the capital’s Dhanmondi, centred around the funeral prayer (Janaza) of the organisation’s former central general secretary, Mahfuzul Haider Chowdhury Roton.
The arrests were made at around 5pm on the road east of Taqwa Mosque on Road 12/A under Dhanmondi Model Police Station.
Dhanmondi Police Station Officer-in-Charge Muhammad Imdadul Islam Tayyeb confirmed the arrests to The TIMES of Bangladesh.
The arrestees were identified as Akram, 25, Sohanur Rahman Nabin, 28, Md Elias Miah, 28, Md Mohsin, 35, and Md Noman, 37.
According to police, several Chhatra League leaders and activists gathered near Taqwa Mosque after learning that Roton’s funeral prayers would be held in front of the mosque.
Law enforcement personnel were subsequently deployed around the mosque and the nearby Dhanmondi Eidgah field.
