Police have barred Nagorik Parishad and Gono Oikya from forming a human chain in Dhaka, in protest of killings in India’s Kashmir and Gujrat.
Protesters gathered in front of the National Press Club around 11am on Wednesday, when law enforcement officials asked them to leave the spot.
Shahbagh police station Sub-Inspector Md Jahangir said: “Anyone wanting to hold a protest program needs to have formal permission from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
"They did not seek permission from DMP nor did they produce any formal letter regarding the permission. So, I asked them to leave the place.”
However, the protesters claimed that their rally was barred as it was against the present Indian government.
“Authorities are unwilling to let us form a human chain as our demands are against the Indian government,” Nagorik Parishad Convener Mohammad Shamsuddin told Dhaka Tribune.
Before being asked by police to leave, Mohammad Shamsuddin told the human chain: “Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only person responsible for the unrest and killings in Kashmir and Gujarat in India. Bangladeshis are also being killed near the borders under his government.”
He also demanded that Modi be brought before the International Crimes Court.
