CUMILLA: Police have detained 10 people in connection with a flash march held by the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Cumilla on Friday afternoon.
The march took place on the Nurpur-Telikona road, Additional Superintendent of Police Lutfor Rahman confirmed.
According to district police, several people gathered and staged the brief march between 1:15pm and 1:30pm on Friday, while the sermon for Juma prayers was underway. The march lasted about a minute.
Police identified the participants after reviewing video footage of the march. Later, a team from the District Detective Branch (DB), along with Kotwali police, conducted an operation and detained 10 people, including one identified as Kaiyum. The identities of all those detained have yet to be confirmed.
Additional Superintendent of Police Lutfor Rahman said, “Operations to arrest the other participants are ongoing. Necessary legal action is being taken against those detained.”