Shawdesh desk:

Police on Sunday arrested 31 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chattra Shibir from a procession they brought out as part of their ‘ongoing anti-government movement’ in station area of Dinajpur town.

Leaders and activists of different areas of Jamaat-Shibir brought out a protest procession around 7:00am demanding the release of party leaders and activists from jail, said Tanvirul Islam Tanvir, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station. Police arrested 31 people when they tried to escape by a bus sensing presence of the police.

The leaders and activists from various areas including Chiribandar Debiganj were gathering in the town and trying to carry out sabotage, said the OC.

The police also seized the bus, he added.

Legal action is underway against the arrested in this regard, said OC Tanvir.