A court has ordered 37 teenagers arrested for chanting “Joy Bangla” slogans aboard a trawler in the Dhaleshwari River near Munshiganj town to be sent to jail.
Police produced them before two separate courts on Saturday afternoon. Following separate hearings, judges of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court and the Children’s Court ordered their detention in jail.
Munshiganj Court Police Inspector Md Kamrul Islam Mia confirmed the matter.
He said the teenagers were produced before the two courts separately and that both judges ordered them sent to jail after hearing their cases.
Earlier, on Friday afternoon, a group of teenagers was seen chanting “Joy Bangla” slogans aboard a vessel in the Dhaleshwari River near the Mollar Char area of Munshiganj town.
Police initially detained seven to eight teenagers from a vessel. Later, local leaders and activists of the Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal detained several others and handed them over to police.
Munshiganj Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Taslim Uddin said police had taken positions along the riverbank after receiving information that activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League had gathered aboard vessels in the Dhaleshwari River to plan subversive activities.
Police subsequently detained several suspected individuals who arrived together on a trawler. Later, local Chhatra Dal and Jubo Dal activists detained several more teenagers from an anchored cargo vessel and handed them over to police.
The 37 teenagers were sent to court on Saturday under Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure over allegations of gathering to plan subversive activities, the OC said. The court later ordered them sent to jail.
