Police has been arrested a total of 2,172 BNP leaders and activists from the capital city since 28 October, on allegations of conducting violence.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Deputy Commissioner of Media and Public Relations KN Roy Niyati gave this information on Sunday afternoon.
KN Roy said they arrested the BNP men in 89 cases filed over incidents of violence during the period.
"There have been 89 cases over deterioration of law and order situation and violence, and a total of 2,172 people have been arrested. Of them, some 37 people were arrested yesterday,” he added.
In a virtual press briefing, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the government turned the country into a giant prison.
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