PTI DHAKA

Forty people have been arrested  after the attack on students and civilians in the Gazipur district in Bangladesh under "Operation Devil Hunt" ordered by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus's government on Saturday, United News of Bangladesh reported.

The  operation was launched following a violent attack on a student group's activists during vandalism at an Awami League leader's house on the outskirts of Dhaka that left several people injured. Superintendent of Police (SP) of Gazipur Chowdhury Jaber Sadek confirmed that  40 people were rounded up from parts of the district.

On Friday night, at least 14 individuals, all belonging to the mobs out to vandalise and destroy all signs of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party, were injured when they were  attacked in Gazipur city's Dakshinkhan area. The violence occurred as the mob tried to target the residence of former Liberation War Affairs Minister Mozammel Haque. The injured were immediately taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital. Later, some of them were referred to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

In protest, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and the National Citizens Committee held a day-long protest and rally in Gazipur. After the protest, a student was injured in a shooting by miscreants outside the Deputy Commissioner's office. The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement leaders claim their activists went to the ex-minister's house to prevent looting but were attacked by miscreants.