343 more arrested in Operation Devil Hunt

 
A total of 343 suspects have been arrested across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours as part of the ongoing nationwide crackdown, Operation Devil Hunt. Law-enforcing agencies also detained 1,178 others during the same period, based on separate cases and warrants, the Police Headquarters said in a statement on Monday evening.

Assistant Inspector General of Police Enamul Haque Sagar said the total number of arrests under the operation has now reached 1,521 since the crackdown began.

The authorities also seized a foreign-made pistol, two magazines, 11 rounds of bullets, six shotgun cartridges, three knives, three swords, an axe, 10 crude bombs, eight sticks, four iron rods, and four machetes during the past 24 hours, the statement said.

Earlier, on Sunday, the police had reported 1,308 arrests in the first 24 hours of the nationwide crackdown, but did not specify how many of these were linked to the operation.

The latest figures confirm 343 arrests were made as part of the crackdown.
The interim government initiated the operation following an attack on the home of former Liberation War affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque in Gazipur on Friday night, during which several people were injured and property was damaged.

The special operation, targeting "instigators of instability", was launched by joint forces on Saturday evening. It involves the army, navy, air force, police, Border Guard Bangladesh, or BGB, Ansar, and Coast Guard personnel, Inspector General of Police Baharul Alam confirmed.

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