Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have detained a 28-year-old man in connection with a series of recent cocktail blasts that rocked the capital.
According to police sources, the detainee has been identified as a member of Chhatra League, the outlawed student wing of the deposed Awami League, whose political activities remain banned under the current interim administration, says a press release issued by DMP on Monday.
Authorities said the suspect is being interrogated over multiple incidents, including the explosions near Kakrail’s St Mary’s Cathedral and St Joseph School, a well-known Catholic educational institution in Dhaka.
The DMP, working jointly with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), has launched a citywide manhunt to track down others involved in what officials described as “heinous and cowardly acts of violence.”
Security has been tightened across churches and other religious establishments in the capital to prevent further attacks, the release said.
In response to the incidents, the interim government reaffirmed its firm stance on protecting communal harmony and interfaith unity. It warned that any attempt to incite religious tension or disrupt social peace would be met with the “full force of the law.”
