Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- Police have detained 343 persons, including a former member of parliament, during the ongoing 'Operation Devil Hunt' in Gazipur district and elsewhere across the country.

Seventy-nine of them were detained in Gazipur metropolitan area. On the other hand, district police detained 21 Awami League leaders and activists.

A total of 24 individuals were also detained in Rangamati district.

Police sources said former Awami League lawmaker from Sirajganj-06 constituency Chayan Islam, who had been in hiding for months, was arrested in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district.

The lawmen nabbed him from a residence in Matir Mosque area on Sunday night. He had reportedly been staying there with his wife for two months.

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