Inqilab Mancha submits memo at Indian High Commission in protest at Agartala attack
Inqilab Mancha, a student-led cultural platform, submitted a memorandum at Indian High Commission in Dhaka today (6 December), condemning the recent attack on Bangladesh's Agartala mission.
The protesters first gathered near the capital's Gulshan 2 intersection before marching toward the high commission. However, the procession was met with a police barricade at the intersection, reported our correspondent from the spot.
Later, only a three-member delegation of Inqilab Mancha were allowed to proceed toward the Indian High Commission and hand over the memorandum.
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Regarding the barricade, Rakib Hasan, additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Gulshan division, told The Business Standard that police are on high alert to avoid any untoward situation.
A small delegation was allowed to proceed, and after submitting their memorandum the protesters left the area soon after, he added.
Speaking to reporters at the spot, Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Mancha, said, "India has to fix their minority issues first. They kill Muslims for eating beef… They beat and strip Kuki women naked in public but they lecture us about minority persecution."
Mahmudul Hasan, a Dhaka college student who joined the procession, said, "India has long been suppressing their minorities and now they lecture us. We haven't yet forgotten what happened in Ayodha on 6 December 1992. India should rinse off their hands before preaching to Bangladesh on religious harmony."
Meanwhile, the Jatiya Nagorik Committee and the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement jointly held a procession and a rally in Cox's Bazar today to protest the attack on Bangladesh's Agartala mission and the recent killing of a Bangladeshi national in Panchagarh border.
On 2 December, the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala was attacked when thousands of people took out a massive rally in the Tripura capital to protest the arrest of Iskcon leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and demand his immediate release.
