Police foil Hizb ut-Tahrir procession in Dhaka, detain 7
The process of filing a case over the incident is underway
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The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) today (21 March) detained seven individuals for organising a procession under the banner of the banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in the capital's Dhanmondi.
The procession began after the Jummah prayer from Baitul Aman Jame Masjid in the Dhanmondi-7 area, according to Shah Mostafa Tarikuzzaman, assistant commissioner of Dhanmondi Zone.
"Police intervened, used batons to disperse the crowd, and detained seven individuals from the scene," he said.
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He added that legal proceedings are underway to file a case regarding the incident.
