Desk Report
Published: 13 Jan 2022, 07:56 pm
Photo: Collected
Police charged batons in a rally
called by the People's Activist Coalition (PAC) in protest of the attack in the Qawwali
concert in TSC. The incident took place at 4 pm on Thursday (January 13) at
Shahbagh Chattar in the capital.
Witnesses said that when the
activists started gathering at Shahbagh Chattar at 4 pm to protest against the
attack on the Qawwali concert at TSC yesterday, the police asked them to call
off the rally citing the restrictions due to the recent Covid-19 spread. But
they continued the demonstration ignoring the police obstruction. At one point,
when they started chanting slogans in protest of the attack, the police
dispersed them by beating them with batons.
Ratul Mohammad, the organizer of the
People's Activist Coalition, said, As soon as we opened the banner, the police
stopped us and beat us with the batons. Shimul Chowdhury and Sajib Tushar, one
of the organizers of the People's Activist Coalition, were injured in the
attack.
Asked about the beating, Shahbagh
Police Station OC Moudud Hawlader said, "It is forbidden to hold any kind
of meeting as per government restrictions. When they wanted to assemble, we had
forbidden them. Then they left Shahbagh. No attacks were reported."