Police searched a number of particular rooms at SM Hall, Muhsin Hall, Bangabandhu Hall, Fazlul Haq Hall, Jagannath Hall, Ziaur Rahman Hall, Jasimuddin Hall and Zahurul Haq Hall in search of "listed" activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).

The arrestees are Rashedul Islam Ripon and Ziaul Haq from SM Hall, Kreepa Shindu and Sugam Kumar Das from Jagannath Hall, Habibur Rahman from Muhsin Hall, Shaheen Alam, Shahinuzzaman and Nasiruddin from Bangabandhu Hall, Mostafa Kamal, Anwar Hossain and Shahedur Rahman from Fazlul Haq Hall and Anwarul Hakim from Zia Hall.

No arrest was made from Jasimuddin Hall and Zahurul Haq Hall.

The three outsiders arrested are Habibur Rahman, Anwarul Hakim and Mostafa Kamal.

All but two arrestees were produced before a Dhaka court and sent to jail on charge of violation of the state of emergency laws. Two of the outsiders, Anwarul Hakim and Mostafa Kamal, were set free in the afternoon.

Police sources said the raids, third one this month, were conducted to capture the JCD and BCL activists who took part in separate processions violating the state of emergency.

Shahbagh police said 10 of the detainees were on their list and the other two were picked up by mistake.

Shahbagh police confirmed that the raids have been going to hunt down the JCD and BCL activists who are on the law enforcement agencies' list for violating the state of emergency.

A relative of arrested DU student Anwar Hossain was seen at Shahbagh Police Station inquiring about the reason behind Anwar's arrest. While talking to this correspondent, he claimed that Anwar was not involved in any political activities or with any political organisation.