Chittagong Bureau :
Chittagong district police and Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives detained 56 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from different areas of the port city and different upazilas of the district on Tuesday night and today. Naimul Hasan, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said they were detained 48 activists in overnight raids in various places of Hathazari, Mirsari, Sitakunda, Lohagara and Satkhania upazilas.
Hathazari Thana Police also recovered 20 petrol bombs, two cocktails and explosives from Hathazari sadar area in the district at 7 am yesterday. Among the detained, 21 were Jamaat activists, 16 Islami Chhatra Shibir activists and 19 BNP activists, the police officer said, adding that they were detained to prevent possible acts of sabotage during country-wide blockade enforced by BNP-led 20 party alliance.
