Three coordinators of the quota movement were taken into custody from a hospital against doctors' wishes on Friday for their own safety and to identify those threatening them, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Saturday.

“As they informed their family members about their insecurity, we took them to secure custody,” the home minister said while visiting various establishments in Narayanganj that were vandalised by miscreants during the quota movement this afternoon.

“Necessary action will be taken after questioning who wants to attack them,” added the minister.

Pointing out that the quota movement protesters are not controlled by themselves, the minister said: “We thought that the students would immediately welcome the quota reformation, withdraw their movement and go back to the educational institutions. But we sadly observed that they did not do that. Because they are controlled by BNP-Jamaat and militants who have tried to turn the country into a failing state, he added.

He said that a quarter is spreading rumors on social media about the quota reform movement.

He also urged journalists to save the countrymen from rumours.

Referring to the unprecedented violence in Narayanganj, he said when RAB, Police, and BGB were unable to control the situation, they requested the army's assistance as per the prime minister's direction to restore peace.

However, the government will overcome this situation very soon, he hoped. "Some incidents have occurred because students were misguided."