Woman, her three children taken into DB custody over ‘Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu’ slogan

She claims to be a grassroots activist of the banned Awami League

Detectives have taken into custody a woman and her three children who chanted the slogan “Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu” while paying tributes at the National Memorial in Savar.

The woman said she went there to pay homage to the Liberation War martyrs on behalf of the banned Awami League and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Independence Day on Thursday.

They were taken into custody from in front of the memorial fountain around 11:30am, said Dhaka District North Detective Branch chief (OC) Saidul Islam.

The woman has been identified as Tahmina Akter, originally from Cumilla, who now resides in the capital’s Lalbagh. She was employed in a public hospital.

Tahimna said she has been working as a grassroots activist of then party since the Aug 5 uprising.

OC Saidul said, other than chanting the slogan, Tahmina was also in possession of Awami League leaflets.

Legal measures will be taken in this regard, he said.