Operation Devil Hunt

Operation Devil Hunt
	Part of the Aftermath of the July uprising
	; Ministry of Home Affairs Briefing on the Launch of Operation Devil Hunt
Date	8 February 2025 – 17 February 2026; Phase-1:; 8 February 2025 – 3 March 2025; Phase-2:; 13 December 2025 – 17 February 2026
Location	Bangladesh
Status	Inconclusive
Belligerents
Government of Bangladesh Ministry of Home Affairs Bangladesh Police Rapid Action Battalion; ; Bangladesh Ansar; Border Guard Bangladesh; Bangladesh Coast Guard; ; Ministry of Defence Bangladesh Armed Forces Bangladesh Army; Bangladesh Navy; Bangladesh Air Force; ; ; ;	Awami League Chhatra League; Jubo League; Swechasebak League; Awami League supporters & affiliates; Former cabinet members; Former members of parliament
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad Yunus ; Jahangir Alam Chowdhury ; Waker-Uz-Zaman ; Mohammad Nazmul Hassan ; Hasan Mahmood Khan ; Baharul Alam ; Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui	Fugitive high-profile members of deposed Awami League Sheikh Hasina (fugitive); Asaduzzaman Khan (fugitive); Obaidul Quader (fugitive);
Casualties and losses
none	Phase-1:; 12,500 arrested; ; Phase-2:; 26,608 arrested;; 990 firearms recovered;; 2,136 cartridges recovered;; 608 molotov cocktails recovered;; 108 bombs recovered;; 29,606 rounds of bullets recovered.;

Operation Devil Hunt (Bengali: অপারেশন ডেভিল হান্ট) was an operation launched by the Interim government of Bangladesh on 8 February 2025 following protests over a violent attack on students and civilians in Gazipur by Awami League supporters on 7 February 2025. The operation targets alleged henchmen and supporters of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.