Police detained as many as 755 people across the capital on the first day of strict lockdown on Thursday for going outside without emergency need
Iftekharul Islam, the additional deputy commissioner of media and public relations division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, informed Jago News this evening.
Among the detainees, 258 were shown arrested in regular cases for violating COVID-19 restrictions, he said.
To be noted, the government imposed a strict lockdown across the country for a week starting from today to contain the current spread of coronavirus.
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