Police have detained 54 people in connection with the attack on NCP leader Hasnat Abdullah’s car in Gazipur on Sunday.

Police detained them in drives conducted in different parts of the city throughout Sunday night, said Md Rabiul Hasan, Deputy Commissioner (Crime-North) of Gazipur Metropolitan Police.

The detainees are being interrogated and legal action is underway, he added.

According to local sources, most of the detainees are leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate bodies.

A case is expected to be filed with the city's Basan Police Station with NCP’s Gazipur district representative Al Amin as the complainant.

Police arrested two people— Md Nizam Uddin, a Jubo League leader of Ward 13 in Gazipur city and Masum Ahmed Dipu, president of Sheikh Russel Shishu Kishore Parishad on Sunday night from Kashimpur area.

Police have not yet disclosed detailed identities of the other detainees.

Chief Coordinator (South) of the National Citizens' Party (NCP), Hasnat Abdullah’s car came under attack near Chandana intersection in Gazipur city on Sunday evening while he was returning to Dhaka from the Bangladesh Agricultural University campus in Gazipur.

2 held over attack on Hasnat in Gazipur

According to his driver, unidentified assailants on motorcycles attacked the car from behind breaking its windows.

Following the attack, Abdullah took shelter at the Islamic University of Technology (IUT). Police rushed to the spot upon receiving the information and later escorted him safely to Dhaka.