Six held over protesting Mushtaq’s death get bail
A cop drags a protester away after police dispersed a torchlight procession brought out in the capital’s Shahbagh intersection area yesterday evening protesting the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail custody. The protesters demanded scrapping of the controversial Digital Security Act . Photo: Palash Khan/file Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Six out of seven leftist student leaders and activists who were arrested following the protests over writer Mushtaq Ahmed s death in custody got bail yesterday.
A Dhaka court granted bail to the six student leaders and activists in connection with a case filed over assaulting and preventing policemen from discharging their duties in Shahbagh on February 26.