Lockdown arrests: Poor getting levied beyond means

Among the hundreds of people getting arrested for violating lockdown regulations, many are day laborers and other low income individuals, trying to hold off starvation for another day.

However, on top of getting arrested and complex court-works -- they are asked to pay extra to get free. Hundreds of people, mostly relatives of those arrested, were seen in front of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

A report covering this story has been published in The Daily Star. 

In Star News+, hear their struggles from the relatives waiting for their loved ones.