A Dhaka court on Monday sent 390 Ansar members to jail in four cases filed in connection with laying seige to the Secretariat, ransacking the Secretariat and launching attack on students.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mosharraf Hossain passed the order as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to keep them behind bars till end of probe in the four cases.
The cases were filed with Ramna, Shahbagh, Paltan and Airport police stations in the capital.
Of the 390 Ansar members, 191 were shown arrested with Shahbagh Police Station, 98 with Ramna police station, 95 with Paltan police station and six Ansar men were shown arrested with Airport police station, reports Prothom Alo.
A total of 426 were named in four cases filed with these police stations.
Ansar members taken to court over Secretariat siegeAround 3,000 more unnamed Ansar members were also made accused in these cases.
Earlier on Sunday, in spite of government's assurance in fulfilling their demands, Ansar members continued their demonstration around secretariat, blocking all the gates.
They clashed with students and people around 9pm, injuring 50 people.
