Staff Reporter:
A total of 15 people have been arrested in separate drives by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in connection with crude bomb explosions and attacks targeting police in different parts of the capital.
According to Rupnagar Police Station, police arrested Ashraful, 27, red-handed at around 1:40am early Monday while he was fleeing after exploding a crude bomb in front of the police station.
He was identified as an activist of a banned organization, said DMP’s DC Akhtar Hossain on Monday evening.
In another incident, two people, identified as Shraban Sardar, 20, and Robin, 27, were arrested following a crude bomb explosion Banasree area under Rampura Police Station at around 7:00am on Monday, police said.
Meanwhile, four people were arrested by Cantonment Police, five by the Detective Branch (DB) and three by the Special Response Unit (SRU) in connection with blasts targeting police in front of the Golf Club under Cantonment Police Station on November 5.
Drives ill continue to maintain law and order and ensure the safety of citizens, said Akhtar Hossain.
