Five suspects were arrested for vandalism at Top Ten Limited's Barishal outlet on Sunday evening.
The arrestees identified themselves as activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) but the student front's leaders say the accused are not affiliated with the organisation.
Police identified them as - Rakib, Nohan, Shahadat, Sajib and Shuvro. All of them are final year students of history at BM College.
Quoting outlet's manager Md Wahed, building owner's representative Ashikur Rahman said a group of 15-20 young men came to the shop in the evening. They chose various items and had them packed.
But they refused to pay and claimed that they had been sent there by BCL's Barishal metropolitan unit chief Jashim Uddin.
They vandalised the shop when its staff protested against their unjust demand and tried to leave. But the five BM College students were nabbed from the site.
Police have taken them into custody.
BCL leader Jashim rejected his involvement with the incident.
"Someone is trying to frame me," he said. "Everything will be clear once the surveillance camera footage is analysed and the culprits arrested."
