Bangladesh student leaders arrested 'for their own safety' | DW News

Bangladesh authorities have taken three student leaders into custody - in a move officals say was quote 'for their own safety'. Student protest groups say the leaders were taken away by plainclothes detectives after being forcibly discharged from hospital. The government has blamed student protests against civil service job quotas for days of deadly nationwide unrest. Some 150 people were killed in an army crackdown on the protests earlier this month, which started in universities and colleges.