A court in Dhaka has sent 388 Ansars, including two members, to jail in connection with four cases filed for laying seize to secretariat, attacking on students on Sunday night.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mosharraf Hossain passed the order after police produced the the Ansar members before the court and pleaded to keep them behind bars till end of probe in the case filed with capital's Ramna, Shahbagh, Paltan and Airport Police Stations.
Of the 388, some 189 were shown arrested with Shahbagh Police Station, 98 with Ramna Police Station, 95 with Paltan Police Station and six Ansar men were shown arrested with Airport Police Station.
Meanwhile, three separate cases have been filed against over 7,322 Ansar members in Dhaka as they went on a demonstration in front of the main gate of Bangladesh Secretariat to press home their demand for nationalisation of their jobs.
Sub Inspector Sazzad Hossain filed the case with Paltan Police Station against 4,114 Ansar members, mentioning 114 names of the total accused on Monday.
Of the accused, a total of 95 Ansar members were arrested in this connection as of 3:45PM on Monday.
Besides, a case was lodged against 3,208 Ansar members with Shahbagh Police Station on the same allegation. Inspector Shamim Meer Malat filed the case mentioning 208 names of the accused on Monday afternoon.
Meanwhile, police claimed to have arrested 95 Ansar members in this connection.
Earlier on August 25, though the government assured the paramilitary auxiliary force to fulfill their demands, Ansar members continued their demonstration around secretariat, blocking all the gates.
They clashed with students and people around 9pm, injuring 50 people.
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