Four BCL men held with weapons in city
Sunday, 22 June 2025
Police on Friday arrested four members of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), a student wing of the Awami League, with explosives and domestic weapons from different parts of the capital city, reports BSS.
The arrestees were identified as Md Shukkar (19), Md Jihad (19), Rahim (19) and Sumon (18).
Confirming the arrest, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Muhammad Talebur Rahman said a team of Mirpur Police Station arrested them on Friday.
Police conducted the raid following secret information that some leaders and activists of the banned BCL were collecting people from the slum areas in exchange for money and staying near the Primary Education Department of Mirpur-2 to create chaos and riots in a procession organised by the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD).