Policemen kick women rights activist_Dhaka_May 10
An all-out student strike has been announced for Tuesday, May 12, over the police torture on protesters Sunday noon. Meanwhile, protests were held in the afternoon at some parts of the country.
Police detained six activists while injured 30 others who joined a demonstration in front of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police headquarters.
To the policemen, it was an offence to demand the arrest and punishment of the culprits who sexually assaulted at least 20 women and children during the Pohela Boishakh celebrations in TSC area on April 14.
Police as well as the Dhaka University authorities have been claiming that no such incident had taken place and that the media and activists affiliated with Bangladesh Students’ Union and others are exaggerating.
None of the victims is willing to demand justice from the police, who on April 14, had released two culprits!
News reports and photos available in social media give credible evidence of planned attack on women and children attending the traditional celebrations.
So far, a number of leaders and activists of Chhatra League have been identified for their involvement in the barbaric assaults. And now those who beat up the demonstrators may be found to have involved with Chhatra League in the past too.
Can such denial conceal the facts? How long?