20 youths on remand

Police yesterday took 20 youths on a five-day remand who were arrested on Friday from Retina coaching centre at Farmgate on the charge of allegedly plotting subversive activities.
A Dhaka court granted the remand after Detective Branch (DB) of police placed the detainees before the court in the morning.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of DB Mollah Nazrul Islam told The Daily Star that the youths were arrested under Section 54 of CrPC. Nazrul said a regular case against the youths will be filed if the police find them engaged in subversive activities after verification.
On information that some Islami Chhatra Shibir activists had gathered at the coaching centre to plot a subversive act, the police raided the coaching centre and arrested 30 youths. Later, 10 of the arrestees were released after primary interrogation.