Three coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination were taken to the custody of the Detective Branch of police on Friday afternoon.

Three coordinators -- Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumder of the Students Against Discrimination were taken into the DB police custody, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)`s additional commissioner (Detective) Mohammad Harun-ar-Rashid told journalists on Friday (July 26) night.

The DB`s chief claimed that three coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination were taken to their custody "for the sake of their security."

Earlier, three coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination -- Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumder -- were picked up from Ganashasthya Hospital at Dhanmondi in the capital on Friday afternoon.

There was also an allegation that Nahid Islam`s wife was picked up by the DB from Ganashasthya Hospital.

Another coordinator of the Students Against Discrimination Abdul Hannan Masud said three coordinators and Nahid Islam`s wife were picked up from the hospital by some plain clothed policemen. "We`ve also become panic stricken. We`re trying to announce our next programme through a news conference," he said.

Two of the coordinators were being treated for injuries at Ganashasthya Hospital.