61 held on various charges in Jhenaidah, Dinajpur

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Jhenaidah Correspondent :
Police in special drives arrested 38 people including two activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Wednesday night to Thursday morning in different parts of the district on various charges.
Additional Superintendent of Police Azbahar Ali Sheikh said they conducted the special drives in six upazilas of the district and made the arrests.
Out of two Jamaat arrestees, one was held from Moheshpur upazila while another from Kotchandpur upazila, he added.
BSS from Dinajpur adds: Police, in special drives from Wednesday night to this morning, arrested 23 persons including two drug traders and recovered 300 bottles of Phensidyl from seven upazilas of the district.
Sources with the district police said they were picked up from different areas of the district.
The Police said, during the drives, Dinajpur Sadar police arrested eight persons, Khansama Thana police arrested three, Kaharole Thana police two, Hakimpur Thana police arrested two drug traders with 300 bottles of Phensidyl, Birampur police arrested two accused, Ghoraghat police arrested two and Chirirbandar Thana police arrested four persons.
Several cases, including charges of subversive activities, are pending with different police stations against the arrested persons, the sources added.
The arrested people were sent to jail.
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