The countrywide crackdown "Operation Devil Hunt" will go on until the "devils" are eliminated, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said today.

"The operation will target those who are desperate to destabilise the country," he warned.

Jahangir Alam made the remarks while talking to reporters after inaugurating the newly-built "Mrittika Bhaban" at the Soil Resource Development Institute in Khamarbari area of the city.

"Many of those, who attacked students and the citizens in Gazipur, have already been brought under the law, and the rest will be held soon," he said.

The ministry took action following the attack on students at the residence of former minister AKM Mozammel Haque in Gazipur on Friday night.

The government announced to launch "Operation Devil Hunt", with the joint forces beginning operations from last night.