Police arrested at least 30 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Shibir for ‘sabotage plan’ from different places of the city during a drive continuing for 24 hours till Saturday morning. 

DMP deputy commissioner Masudur Rahman said 15 leaders and activists of BNP and 15 of Jamaat and Shibir were arrested from different parts of the city. 

They were arrested for planning subversive activities during the ongoing countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-Party Alliance, Masudur added.