Law enforcers have stopped the protest procession of the Ganajagaran Mancha in front of the Australian High Commission on road 83 in Gulshan 2, a distance of six minutes away from the Pakistan High Commission.
Our Correspondent Abu Bakar Siddique reports: the procession started marching towards the Pakistan High Commission defying the police at around 3:20pm. But it faced a police barricade at three points but managed to penetrate the diplomatic zone by 3:40pm despite some minor scuffle.
At one stage, the police managed to halt the march compelling the activists to stage a sit-in demonstration in front of the Australian High Commission.
Mancha activist Lucky informed that the scuffle left at least eight activists injured. They were taken to a nearby hospital.
The activists were staging their demonstration in the area till filing the report sometime around 5pm
Earlier in the day, Ganajagaran Mancha started marching towards the office of Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka protesting the country’s resolution on the execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Molla.
The procession was brought out from Gulshan 2 circle around 3pm.
The family members of Liberation War martyrs and the wartime oppressed women along with people of all walks of life have joined the protest condemning the resolution.
Earlier on Tuesday, a press release signed by Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Emran H Sarker announced the programme, hours after the Bangladesh government condemned the resolution and asked for its withdrawal and an apology for 1971.
Earlier in the day, the foreign ministry summoned the Pakistan High commissioner Mir Afrasiab Koreshi and handed over an Aide Memoire to him condemning the resolution.
Foreign Ministry Secretary Mostafa Kamal (Bilateral and Training) handed over the Aide Memoire to the Pakistan high commissioner
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu condemned the resolution and asked for its withdrawal and an apology for 1971.
On Monday, the Pakistan National Assembly adopted a resolution expressing concern over Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla, who was executed for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
“This House expresses deep concern on the hanging of a veteran politician of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh for supporting Pakistan in 1971,” said the resolution passed in majority vote.
The House expressed grief and sorrow with the bereaved family and demanded to avoid reviving the wounds of 1971 and amicably to resolve cases against Bangladeshi leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami.