A Dhaka court on Sunday sent 27 people to jail in a case filed over allegations that they chanted “Joy Bangla” slogans and created an unstable and disorderly situation inside the central office of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSad) during a police raid on Saturday.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam passed the order after a hearing on a petition filed by the investigating officer of the case, Sub-Inspector Nazmul Islam of Paltan Model Police Station.

The accused are Didarul Alam Tuhin, Iman Ahmed Emon, Molla Md Shahjahan Siraj, Joy Sarker, Miraj Ahmed, Miraj Malitha, Rabiul Islam, Milon Kumar Mahanta, Kawsar Hossain, Anjan Shil, Jalal Uddin Mondal, Abdul Latif, Shamim Ahmed, Ahmed Ahsan Habib, Sujan Ali, Tasikul Islam, Saifullah Sayek, Nayan Ali, Sajidul Islam Tuhin, Tajul Islam, Nishkar Samrat Hossain Talukdar, Anwar Hossain, Alamgir Hossain, Al Amin Howlader, Tushar Ali, Rasidul Haque and Mir Muktisur Rahman.

The court also fixed Monday for hearing their bail petitions.

Police said more than 200 people were taken into custody during a raid at the JaSad headquarters in Dhaka’s Gulistan area at around 4pm on Saturday.

Following a screening process, 27 people were formally arrested under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and produced before the court.

According to the investigating officer, the detainees failed to provide satisfactory explanations for their presence at the location during interrogation.

Police initially suspected that they might be involved in a cognisable offence and sought their detention to facilitate further investigation.