Police in separate drives in the town arrested six leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, a student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, today.
The detainees are identified as Al Imran Musa, 24, president of Gopalganj Sadar Thana unit Chhatra Shibir, Abu Kalam, 21, Sadar Thana unit General
Secretary, Muaj Billah, 22, a third-year student of Political Science Department at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology
University, Selim Reza, 25, a third-year student of Chemical Engineering
Department at the university, Alauddin, 32, the Imam of Miapara Bismillah
Jame mosque in the town and Shariful Islam, 15, a madrasa student.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gopalganj Sadar Thana Jabed Masud said, on information, police conducted a raid at a house in Miapara area this noon and nabbed four Shibir men.
In another drive, two other Shibir activists were arrested from SS Alia madrasa in the town, he added.
Police seized Islamic books, magazine, special forms and leaflets from theirpossession during the drives.
