Operation Clean Heart

Operation Clean Heart
Part of Crime in Bangladesh and Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh
Date16 October 2002 – 9 January 2003
Location
 Bangladesh
Result Government victory
Commanders and leaders
Khaleda Zia No centralized leadership
Units involved

 Bangladesh Army
 Bangladesh Navy
Bangladesh Rifles
Bangladesh Police
Bangladesh Ansar

Directorate General of Forces Intelligence		 Various criminals
Strength
40,000 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Negligible Hundreds injured
11,245 arrested
40 died in custody
Unknown civilian casualties

Operation Clean Heart was an anti-crime operation jointly carried out by Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Police and Bangladesh Ansar members in Bangladesh.[1][2] The operation was carried by the government of Bangladesh headed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[3]

  1. ^ "Operation Clean Heart indemnity law illegal: HC". The Daily Star. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. ^ "' Operation Clean Heart ' in Bangladesh - 2002-11-25". Voice Of America (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh Court Declares Indemnity Act Illegal". Benar News. Retrieved 16 November 2016.