Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)

The photo taken by The Business Standard’s Rajib Dhar on 27 August 2025 shows a police officer covering a protester’s mouth during a scuffle as the force uses water cannon to disperse engineering students marching toward the Chief Adviser’s official residence, Jamuna, on the Minto Road in Dhaka.

Photographers, metadata dismiss DMP claim that photo of DC Masud clamping Buet protester's mouth is AI-generated

Alongside TBS's Rajib Dhar, several other photojournalists were present at the scene – one from the New Age, Bangladesh Pratidin's Joyeeta Roy, The Daily Star's Orchid Chakma, and...

Police detain an engineering student protestor during demonstration on 27 August 2025. Photo: TBS

Committee formed to investigate police action on engineering students’ march to CA residence

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)

Photographers, metadata dismiss DMP claim that photo of DC Masud clamping Buet protester's mouth is AI-generated

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