Dhaka: More than 20 people were injured in the police violence against the protest of thousands of people in the capital of Bangladesh, while the protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Hasina Wajid.
According to the report of the foreign news agency Reuters, during the public protest for the resignation of Hasina Wajid in Dhaka, there were clashes between the protesters and the police, the police fired rubber bullets at the protesters and fired tear gas shells to disperse them.
The protesters were demanding justice for the families of more than 150 Farads who were killed in police firing last month during a protest against the quota system in government jobs.
According to reports, a large number of youths participated in the protest in Dhaka and were chanting ‘We want justice’ and waving anti-government banners.
Elsewhere in the country, several buildings, including the district offices of the ruling Awami League, were torched and law enforcement vehicles damaged during the protests.
Protesters fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in the northeastern town of Habibanji as a mob attacked them, police said.
He said that efforts were made to disperse the protesters in Bangladesh’s Sylhet city, while an eyewitness said that 20 people were injured due to police violence.
Khalilur Rahman, a police official posted in Habibanji, said that the protesters set fire to the local office of the Awami League, several government offices and several motorcycles, but the police fired rubber bullets and fired tear gas shells to control the situation.
Bangladesh’s long-ruling Awami League prime minister, Sheikh Hasina Wajid, has faced her worst recent protests for the first time since taking over as prime minister for a fourth consecutive term in January, where scores of civilians, including students, have been killed.
It may be noted that the student-led protest was aimed at ending the quota system in government jobs, where government jobs are largely subject to quotas, including a 30 percent quota reserved for family members of those killed in the 1971 war. .
During the worst protests across the country, more than 150 people were killed and more than 10,000 people were arrested by police and government officials, but the protests ended after the Supreme Court’s decision regarding the quota system. had gone.
Later this week, the same students took to the streets again and demanded justice for the families of those killed during the protests, while critics and human rights groups accused Hasina Wajid’s government of brutal force to suppress the movement. Hasina Wajid and her ministers reject this charge.
Syed Sadman, a student involved in the ongoing protest in Dhaka, said that people make mistakes, if Hasina Wajid apologizes, everything will return to normal, if she cannot control the situation, the agitation will continue to increase.
