Two injured as police charge batons on Kawali protest
Police say they asked organizers to leave due to increasing threat of Covid-19
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Publish : 13 Jan 2022, 08:01 PMUpdate : 13 Jan 2022, 08:00 PM
At least two activists of the People Activists Coalition (PAC) were injured as police swung batons on their protest rally at Shahbagh on Thursday.
PAC organized the rally in front of the National Museum around 4pm protesting the attack by Chhatra League activists on a Kawali event at TSC on Wednesday evening.
Police used batons to try to disperse the protesters soon after the PAC members opened the banner of the program, said Ratul Mohammad, one of the organizers.
“The organizer of PAC, Shimul Chowdhury, and Sojib Tushar were injured in the police attack,” he added.
Moudud Hawlader, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station, said: “When they tried to stage the rally, we just stopped them and they went away.”
He stated that the government had imposed restrictions on religious, political and social rallies and programs to prevent the spread of new Covid cases.
Two injured as police charge batons on Kawali protest
Police say they asked organizers to leave due to increasing threat of Covid-19
At least two activists of the People Activists Coalition (PAC) were injured as police swung batons on their protest rally at Shahbagh on Thursday.
PAC organized the rally in front of the National Museum around 4pm protesting the attack by Chhatra League activists on a Kawali event at TSC on Wednesday evening.
Police used batons to try to disperse the protesters soon after the PAC members opened the banner of the program, said Ratul Mohammad, one of the organizers.
“The organizer of PAC, Shimul Chowdhury, and Sojib Tushar were injured in the police attack,” he added.
Moudud Hawlader, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station, said: “When they tried to stage the rally, we just stopped them and they went away.”
He stated that the government had imposed restrictions on religious, political and social rallies and programs to prevent the spread of new Covid cases.