Police have detained 34 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Shibir along with recovering 20 petrol bombs during a raid at a local restaurant in Gazipur's Shibbari area.
The law enforcers also seized anti-government leaflets from their possession during the drive on Thursday night.
Joydebpur police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Rezaul Hasan Reza said: “We received information that some Jamaat-Shibir men were meeting at the Euro Bangla Chinese Restaurant and raided the place around 8:30pm.
“Gazipur Mahanagar Jamaat Secretary Khairul Hasan along with 33 others were detained and 20 petrol bombs were recovered in the raid. They are at the Joydebpur police station for questioning.”
Mahangar Jamaat-e-Islami acting chief SM Sanaullah said some of their leaders and activists got together at the restaurant for a chat but police took them into custody and planted the bombs and leaflets to frame them.
