Gopalganj, Nov. 14 -- Police have filed two separate cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act against 2,677 people in connection with violence, arson on a police pickup van, and road blockades in Gopalganj district, police said on Friday afternoon.

The cases follow daylong clashes and blockades during a nationwide student strike called by the banned Chhatra League on November 10, when activists of the banned Awami League and its associate organizations staged demonstrations with domestic weapons at Gauhardanga Chowrangi intersection and key points along the Gopalganj-Tungipara road.

At Tungipara Police Station, Sub-Inspector Moslem Ali filed a case naming 224 individuals and 1,500 to 2,000 unidentified persons-totaling 2,224 accused.

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