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The countrywide crackdown 'Operation Devil Hunt' will go on until the devils are finished, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.
"The operation will target those who are desperate to destabilise the country," he warned today (9 February). Jahangir Alam made the remarks while talking to reporters after inaugurating the newly-built "Mrittika Bhaban" at the Soil Resource Development Institute in Khamarbari area in the capital.
"Many of those who attacked students and the citizens in Gazipur have already been brought under the law, and the rest will be held soon," he said. The ministry took action after the attack on students at the residence of former minister AKM Mozammel Haque in Gazipur on Friday night (7 February).
Following this, the government announced to launch "Operation Devil Hunt", with the joint forces beginning operation from last night (8 February). The joint forces have so far arrested 40 people, suspected to be members of the Awami League, said Gazipur Superintendent of Police Chowdhury Jaber Sadek.
Regarding the arrest of five senior police officers, the adviser said the public is aware of the crimes committed by those arrested.
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