BANGLADESH

Police have detained nine activists of Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from Dhaka's Pallabi area when they were holding a meeting on a boat.

Pallabi police chief K M Shahabuddin told , "The ICS activists were detained on Monday night when they were meeting on a boat near Mirpur embankment."

He, however, declined to elaborate what charges they were detained on.

Those detained are Habibur Rahman, 26, Ahmed Ismail, 24, Shahadat Hossain, 25, Abdus Salam, 24, 'Muhibullah', 22, Barkat Ullah, 24, Abdullah Al Masud, 21, Nurul Islam, 21, and Abbas Uddin, 26.

The police chief added that they had been produced before the court.

Shahabuddin said he would be able to elaborate on whether they were tied to the Sep 19 clash between Jamaat activists and police if the court granted police custody to question them.

On Sep 19, activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing clashed with the police at Dhaka and Chittagong. In addition to attacking police personnel on that day, the activists also vandalised vehicles and property.

Many activists and leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami have been detained across the country since the Sep 19 incident, which police claim was pre-planned and aimed at creating anarchy.