DHAKA, Feb 7, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today sent to jail three leaders of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) after getting arrested for distributing propaganda leaflets against the interim government, in front of National Press Club here in the city.

The three accused are BCL central leader Abu Hasib Mukto, its Dhaka University wing leader Imdadul Hasan Sohagh, and former organizing secretary of Rajapur thana unit of Jhalakathi Saifuzzaman Rubel.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dilruba Afroz Tithi passed the order as police produced the trio before the court and pleaded to keep them behind the bars till the end of probe in the case.

Police arrested the three BCL leaders for the city's Shewrapara area last night.

According to the case documents, the accused along with their associates brought out a sudden procession on the morning of February 1 in front of National Press Club here, chanting anti-government and anti-state slogans, distributing propaganda-leaflets. Police filed the case with the Shahbagh Police Station in this connection on February 2.