DHAKA, Aug 26, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today sent 388 Ansar members to jail in four cases lodged for laying seize to Secretariat, ransacking the Secretariat and launching attack on students.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mosharraf Hossain passed the order as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to keep them behind bars till end of probe in the case filed with capital's Ramna, Shahbagh, Paltan and Airport Police Stations.

Of the 388, 189 were shown arrested with Shahbagh Police Station, 98 with Ramna Police Station, 95 with Paltan Police Station and six Ansar men were shown arrested with Airport Police Station. A total of 426 were named in four cases filed with these police stations. Around 3,000 more unnamed Ansar members were also made accused in these cases.

Earlier on August 25, in spite of government's assurance in fulfilling their demands, Ansar members continued their demonstration around secretariat, blocking all the gates. They clashed with students and people around 9pm, injuring 50 people.