At least 40 folks have been injured throughout an indication in Dhaka University campus in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled go to to Bangladesh to attend the celebration of that nation’s fiftieth 12 months of liberation from Pakistan and the centenary 12 months of its founder Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, (*40*) Sheikh Hasina’s father.
The injured embrace two journalists, and two pro-government Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) staff.
Police mentioned the protest obtained out of hand as demonstrators marched within the capital Dhaka, with many throwing rocks and stones at officers, injuring no less than 4.
“We fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse them. There were 200 protesters. We have also arrested 33 people for violence,” police official Syed Nurul Islam advised AFP.
A spokesperson for the march mentioned 2,000 primarily scholar protesters joined the demonstration.
Activists of Left scholar organisations, who had been demonstrating on Thursday in opposition to Modi’s go to, allegedly got here beneath assault from the BCL at Dhaka University campus.
PM Modi arrived in Dhaka on Friday and was welcomed by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. PM Modi’s go to will cap Dhaka’s 10-day celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of its independence from Pakistan.
Earlier within the day, Jubo Odhikar Parishad activists clashed with police within the metropolis’s Motijheel space whereas protesting in opposition to PM Modi’s go to.
Left scholar organisations beneath the banner of ‘Progressive Student Alliance’ had been demonstrating on the VC Chattar space of the campus protesting in opposition to Modi’s go to.
The Left organisations alleged the ruling celebration scholar wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists carried out the assault on the demonstrators round 8 p.m. on Thursday night.
All the injured are present process remedy at Dhaka (*33*) College Hospital.
The clashes ensued when the legislation enforcers obstructed the demonstrators.
