Police intercepted a procession brought out in protest against the 15th amendment to the constitution at Paltan in front of Baitul Mukarram Mosque around 12:15pm.
The activists then dispersed and ran for cover, said Nasir Uddin, sub inspector of Paltan Police Station.
Police conducted a raid and nabbed 18 HTB men from the neighbourhood, he claimed.
Meanwhile,
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Rapid Action Battalion
(Rab) nabbed four suspected members of HTB including three DU students.The arrestees are Humayun Ahmed Bidyut, 22, student of BBA, Mohtasim Galib, 22, student of Accounting, and Shams ud Doha Hasan, 24, student of Political Science. Sayeed Parvez, 28, obtained an MBA degree from DU a year ago and was working at Akiz Foundation School at Uttara.
Mohammad Safiul Sarwar, assistant director of Rab-2, said they nabbed Bidyut and Galib from ground floor of a building at Zigatola around 12:45am.
Based on their confession, Rab members conducted a follow-up raid and nabbed Sayeed and Shamsuddoha from an apartment at Godighar in Rayerbazar.
Publications and various other documents of the outfit were also seized as well as two computers.