Chaos at DRU event: Case to be filed against ex-minister Latif Siddique, 14 others
A group of youths, identifying themselves as "July fighters," handed them over to police as they were allegedly trying to create chaos at the event
A case will be filed against former minister Abdul Latif Siddique and 14 others detained from an event at Dhaka Reporters Unity yesterday (28 August), police said.
Shahbagh Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Khalid Mansur told TBS that a decision has been made to file case against them and the process is currently in progress.
Earlier yesterday, police detained Latif Siddique and several others after tensions erupted during an event organised by "Mancha 71," a platform of freedom fighters, at Shafiqul Kabir Auditorium of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU).
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A group of youths, identifying themselves as "July fighters," handed them over to police as they were allegedly trying to create chaos at the event, witnesses said.
The platform organised a roundtable titled "Our Great Liberation War and the Constitution of Bangladesh" around 11am. Freedom fighters, lawyers, writers, journalists, teachers and former bureaucrats attended the event.
At one point, the demonstrators stormed the hall, surrounded the speakers, and forced the event to come to an abrupt halt.
Television footage showed Latif sitting quietly on a chair while angry people surrounded him, shouting slogans.
Police later intervened and escorted them out safely.
