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| Banned Tahrir brings out procession |
| 2010-07-18 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Three activists of the banned Islamist outfit, Hizb ut-Tahrir were arrested from a procession brought out by them near the press club in the capital yesterday. The arrestees were identified as Fazle Hadi, 28, Ripon Mia, 22, and Mohammad Ahsan, 30. The banned organisation brought out the procession at around 1:00pm demanding release of their leaders and activists who were arrested earlier. Four policemen were also injured as they tried to disperse the procession of the banned outfit. Officer-in-Charge of Shahbagh Police Station Rezaul Karim said around 50 Tahrir men brought out the procession carrying banners written in Bangla, English and Arabic. They attacked the law enforcers who tried to stop the procession, injuring four policemen. Later, the law enforcers had to charge baton to bring the situation under control and arrested three unruly Tahrir men from the spot, he said adding, the police also seized six banners from the protesters. The government had banned all kinds of activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh in the greater interests of security of the public since October 22, 2009. The injured policemen are -- Assistant Sub-Inspector Zahirul Islam, Habilder Nazrul Islam, Habilder Anwar Hossain and Constable Maruf Hossain. Police filed two separate cases - - one under Anti-Terrorism Act and another on charge of assaulting members of the police force, against the arrestees with the Shabagh Police Station. |
| Posted by:Fred |