Police on Sunday briefly took AKM Jamal Uddin, a teacher of the University of Dhaka, to a safe location after he went to Dhanmondi 32 to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
According to police, he was moved from the Dhanmondi 32 area at around 4:45pm and was later released.
Dhanmondi police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Saiful Islam told Dhaka Tribune that he was not arrested.
He said that when Jamal came to place flowers, people present at the spot stopped him along with five others. At that time, the police took them to a safe place and released them.
Earlier in the afternoon, Dhaka University Sociology Department Professor AKM Jamal Uddin made a Facebook post, describing himself as someone who was deprived during the Awami League regime.
In the post, he wrote: “I will go to the broken residence of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at Dhanmondi 32 today at 4pm to shed tears and pay tribute. I request you all to join in groups.”
