A total of 477 people have been arrested across the country by the joint forces under the 'Operation Devil Hunt' in the last 24 hours until Saturday afternoon.
With these new arrest, the total number of arrests under the operation rose to 4,401.
Some 870 of the arrests were in connection with different cases, it said
During the operations, the joint forces also recovered arms and ammunition including one foreign made pistol, two magazines, 20 round of bullets, two hammers and five sharp weapons.
Earlier, the government launched a nationwide security operation on February 8, after an attacked on the students by the Awami League and its associates organizations.
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