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DHAKA, Nov 12, 2025 (BSS) - The Detective Branch (DB) of police has arrested 44 more leaders and activists of the banned Awami League (AL) and its affiliated organizations from different parts of the capital in the last 24 hours.

They were detained for their alleged involvement in planning, financing, and participating in the so-called flash processions in the capital.

“Legal procedure is underway against them,” Deputy Commissioner (media and public relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Muhammad Talebur Rahman said in a statement issued here today.

The statement said the arrests were made during overnight drives in different areas of Dhaka as part of an ongoing operation against groups accused of attempting to disrupt public order.

It said the arrested are former sports secretary of Kushtia District Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Parvez Anwar Tonu (46), agriculture and cooperative secretary of Kotwali Thana AL SM Aktaruzzaman Tipu (60), joint secretary of Jubo League, Ward No. 10, Motijheel Thana Md Mahbub Ul Alam alias Parash (35), Chandpur Faridganj Thana No. 11 Char Dukhi Union President of Jubo League Md Kamal Patwari (35), Bangshal Thana Ward No. 33 Jubo League publicity secretary Md Rocky (39), Ramna Thana AL joint secretary Md Ruhul Quddus (58), Dhaka South AL Ward No. 39 president and councilor Rokon Uddin Ahmed (60), BCL worker Md At least Ahmed alias Alvi (21), Mohammadpur Thana Ward No. 33 BCL worker Md Shakil Biswas (21), BCL worker Md Rafi (23), Adabor Thana AL member Md Zahid Siddique Reza (56), BCL worker Sheikh Saje Alam Sabuj (37), Adabor Thana AL organizing secretary Md Kamal Sen (40), BCL worker Anik Mondal (21), Darussalam Thana Ward No. 9 president Anindra Chandra Das (50), Dhaka South Jubo League acting general 

secretary Rezaul Karim Reza (54), Jatrabari Thana Sramik League Ward No. 48 president Md Aminuddin (48), Chawkbazar Thana BCL vice president Md Rahat Hasan Jabed (26), AL worker Al Amin alias Akash Mondal (27), Md Hridoy (29), Kamal Hossain (45), joint general secretary of Patuakhali Baufal Suryamoni Union Swechchhasebak League Md Bablu Farazi (38), Swechchhasebak League member Syed Al Amin (36), general secretary of Barguna Taltoli Upazila No. 7 and Pangasia Union AL Md Saidur Rahman (48), Gopalganj Sadar Pourasava AL vice president Ali Naeem Khan Jimmy (40), Dhaka North Jubo League organizer Md Mizanur Rahman Titu (42), Mogra Union BCL president of Sonargaon Thana Amirul Islam Hridoy (35), Sherpur District Nakla Thana Sramik League president Md Khorshed Alam (40), Gazipur City Jubo League convening committee member and Gazipur City Corporation Ward No. 35 councilor Mir Osman Gani Kajal (40), Dhaka North BCL Deputy Literary Affairs Secretary Masud Hawlader alias Alif (30), Kurigram District Awami Jubo League 

former vice president Md Farhad Hossain Dhulu (60), former assistant general secretary of Adabor Thana BCL Md Masud Rana (34), former vice president of Dhaka South BCL Md Mizan Biswas (33), former member of Rampura Thana AL Md Mostaq Ahmed Ripon (44), office secretary of Ward No. 31 of Dhaka South AL Md Raihan Uddin (34), general secretary of Jubo Mahila League of Ward No. 50 of Dhaka South Smriti (28), former vice president of Shibchar Thana Awami Jubo League Jamal Hossain Sheikh (39), organizing secretary of Jashore District BCL Fahmid Huda Bijoy (23), former joint secretary of Kushtia district BCL Md Fuad Hasan (36), worker of BCL Md Hamid (29), vice-president of Araihazar Thana AL Md Monir Hossain Sikder (60), general secretary of Basail Union AL of Munshiganj Haji Md Ayub Khan (60), former president of Sonadia Union AL of Hatia Thana No. 8 of Noakhali Mohammad Nurul Islam (40) and vice-president of Swechchhasebak League of Ward No. 9 of Motijheel Thana Shahin Islam (35).

The DMP statement, however, said that several teams of DB and cyber crime unit conducted operations in various parts of the capital and arrested them.