The list divided into five categories contains 1519 names who are wanted by police in connection with different crimes and cases.

KMP sources said the new list, made after thorough checking and rechecking, contains the name of 340 extremists, 294 convicted criminals still at large, 620 criminals against whom warrants of arrest have been issued, 161 accused against whom investigation is going on and 104 anti-social elements.

According to a senior officer of KMP, a special operation will be launched soon to arrest the listed criminals and extremists.

There is also a plan to resume the special operation with renewed tactics in an atmosphere free from political influence during the tenure of next caretaker government, he added.

This is for the first time that KMP has made a separate list of 104 anti-social elements.

These included drug peddlers, muggers, burglars and whores.

They will be routed out from the city to help return a healthy civic life, said AC Zahur Chowdhury of the Detective Branch.

KMP Commissioner Khan Saeed Hasan told The Daily Star that this time separate lists of terrorists, bombers and extortionists have been amalgamated into one list.

If anybody interferes in the implementation of the new list will not be spared, he asserted.