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Published : 18 Dec 2013, 03:06 PM
The procession was organised on Wednesday to protest Pakistan's reactions on the execution of war crimes convict Abdul Quader Molla.
The marchers were stopped in front of Taher Tower at Gulshan-2 around 3pm on Wednesday.
The Mancha activists then demonstrated against what they describes "Pakistan's interference".
The area was abuzz with anti-Pakistan slogans chanted by more than 500 activists.
They held up placards like ‘Pakistan don’t try to save your dogs’ and ‘Pakistan go to hell’.
The Ganajagaran Mancha announced their decision to organise the procession on Tuesday after Bangladesh strongly protested Pakistan National Assembly's resolution expressing concern over the Jamaat-e-Islami leader's execution.
Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker said family members of the martyred freedom fighters and the women tortured by Pakistani army and its local collaborators would lead the march.
Jamaat leader Molla, infamously known as the 'butcher of Mirpur' for his Liberation War-time atrocities, was hanged on Dec 12.
Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami took to the streets protesting against Molla's execution. On its Facebok page, it called Molla a 'martyr'.
On Monday, the Pakistan national and provincial assemblies adopted resolutions expressing concern over Molla's hanging.
Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971 after nine months of bloody war.
Molla's party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, had sided with Pakistan during the war.
Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami in its resolution this week said "Molla was hanged because he was loyal to Pakistan and supported Pakistan army during the 1971 war”.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in a statement said Molla had remained a “supporter of a united Pakistan”.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday had said the government would formally react .
Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta then urged the government to protest Pakistan's move and inform the world about the war crimes trials.
The foreign ministry summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Mian Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi on Tuesday evening and "strongly protested" Islamabad's move.
The Ganajagaran Mancha came into being after Molla was sentenced to life on Feb 5 this year on war crimes charges. The protesters had since been pressing for maximum penalty for war criminals.
The platform said its demonstration would continue until all the convicted war criminals were hanged.
