Members of the Detective Branch of police have arrested 26 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, in Chittagong for planning sabotage.
They were arrested from Block B of Chandgaon residential area of the port city on Thursday night, police said on Friday.
The detainees were holding a secret meeting and planning to carry out sabotage in the city, police claimed.
During the operation, several Islamic and organizational books were seized from their possessions.
Aklima, acting assistant sub-inspector of Chandgaon police station, said that a case was filed against them under the Special Powers Act.
Later, they were sent to jail through the court.
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