Published : 23 Oct 2024, 10:48 PM
Updated : 28 Aug 2026, 01:13 AM
Police have detained several protesters after a group of over 100 students entered the Secretariat.
They were detained after police confronted the protesters and dispersed them around 4pm on Wednesday.
More than 100 protesters had entered the Secretariat, the nerve centre of the government, at 2:50pm. They were chanting slogans calling for justice and an end to discrimination.
At first, the law enforcers on duty asked them to move. When they refused to do so, the law enforcers charged at them and beat them with batons.
The students were dispersed in the face of the charge from police and army personnel.
Several students were trapped in the Secretariat after the incident. They were detained and removed in prison vans.
Asked about the situation, Israil Howlader, Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional commissioner (crime), said:
“We will do what is necessary to preserve law and order.”
Law enforcers have not yet confirmed how many protesters were detained.
