Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 30 people across Dhaka in the past 24 hours as part of Operation Devil Hunt Phase-2, according to a police statement issued on Tuesday.
The arrests were made during coordinated drives by police stations in Lalbagh, Gulshan, Sutrapur, Mohammadpur, Khilgaon, Hazaribagh, Turag, Chawkbazar, Jatrabari, Rampura, Uttarkhan and Banani.
The information was disclosed in a press release signed by DMP Media and Public Relations Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman.
According to the release, one person was arrested from Lalbagh, two from Gulshan, three from Sutrapur, four from Mohammadpur, one from Khilgaon, nine from Hazaribagh, one from Turag, one from Chawkbazar, five from Jatrabari, one from Rampura, one from Uttarkhan and one from Banani.
Lalbagh police arrested Zahid Hasan Iman, 26, during a drive on Monday.
Gulshan police arrested Md Monir Hossain, 30, and Md Sohel, 25, recovering two foreign pistols and 10 rounds of ammunition.
Sutrapur police arrested Saiful Islam alias Rubel, 44, Samrat, 26, and Md Ahad Ahmed, 22.
Mohammadpur police arrested Firoz, 22, Kakuli Akter, 31, Nazma Akter, 40, and Mukta Akter, 25, and recovered two hand grenades, 11 cocktail-like objects, nine kilogrammes of gunpowder and 125 grammes of chemical-like substances.
Khilgaon police arrested Samsul Islam alias Sujon, 40.
Hazaribagh police arrested nine people during a day-long drive, including Md Wasim, 32, Md Jahangir Alam, 30, Md Kabir Hossain, 28, Md Iman, 26, Md Monir, 32, Md Raju, 33, Saijuddin Saju, 48, Md Habibur Rahman, 44, and Md Shamim Sheikh, 36.
Turag police arrested Md Soaib Hossain alias Bhagne Munna, 54, recovering a foreign pistol, two magazines and 17 rounds of ammunition, while Chawkbazar police arrested Md Mamun, 34.
Jatrabari police arrested five people—Md Arif, 26, Md Arif, 22, Md Khokon, 42, Md Sohel, 35, and Mosammat Shiuli Akter, 27.
Rampura police arrested Taslima Begum Jahanara, 49, Uttarkhan police arrested Faruk Mia, 47, and Banani police arrested Biplob Majumder Shawon, 28.
DMP said all those arrested have been produced before the court.
