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Students, people take stand to resist AL programme at Zero Point in city 

Published : Monday, 11 November, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 194
Staff Correspondent
Members of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement began taking up position at Noor Hossain Square and its surrounding areas on Sunday after the Awami League announced their first street programme at the location since the party was ousted from power.

Noor Hossain was killed on November 10, 1987, during the anti-Ershad movement. Many political parties hold events to commemorate the day. Various other organisations, including the Communist Party of Bangladesh, BaSaD, and Gono Odhikar Parishad, paid their respects with flowers at Noor Hossain Square.

The members of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement took a stand at Zero Point as a part of its counter-programme around noon.

On Saturday, the AL on its verified Facebook page announced to observe the Noor Hossain Day and urged party men to come to the Zero Point. It is one of the first programmes announced by the party since the Sheikh Hasina-led government was brought down by a mass uprising on August 5.

Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain and Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser Shafiqul Alam said that the government will not allow any such programme.

On Saturday night, a group of people gathered at Gulistan's Zero Point to counter the programme called by the Awami League. Leaders and activists of the Chhatra Dal were also seen protesting there.

A group of students have beaten up several people and handed them over to police for chanting slogans like 'Joy Bangla' and 'Sheikh Hasina will return' in front of the Awami League's central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital's Gulistan. Since Sunday morning, police have been interrogating any 'suspicious' individuals in the area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Motijheel Division) Shahriar Ali said, "At least 12 people have been taken into custody near the Awami League office and Noor Hossain Square area since the morning."

"If anyone seems suspicious, the students are detaining them and handing them over to us. We have taken 10 to 12 people into custody so far." According to Shahriar, policemen are working in the field to bring the situation under control. However, he did not reveal the names of the detainees.

According to witnesses, BNP leaders and activists beat and handed over several individuals to police custody on suspicion of being Awami League activists. Some of the detainees chanted 'Joy Bangla,' while others chanted 'Sheikh Hasina will return home.'

After 9:00am, leaders and activists of the BNP and its affiliate organisations gathered in front of the Awami League headquarters and chanted slogans.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman of the Media and Public Relations Division said, "No one will be allowed to cause unrest in the name of a programme. Security measures in Dhaka have been laid out with that in mind."

The authorities have deployed 191 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) across the country to maintain law and order across the country on Sunday. Shariful Islam, Public Relations Officer of BGB, confirmed the information.

Alongside the BGB, members of police, Rapid Action Battalion and other forces have been kept vigilant across the country.

Tension has mounted after the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement announced a rally to counter programmes announced by Awami League marking the Shaheed Noor Hossain Day at Zero Point at Gulistan in the capital.


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