The members of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who were dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, and their families on Wednesday suspended their protests demanding reinstatement of their jobs and the release of the detained BDR members.
They suspended their protests Wednesday evening as they were assured that a meeting between the home adviser and a team of their representatives would be held on February 17.
Before the suspension, several hundred BDR members and their families from different areas across the country kept the Abdul Goni Road in front of Khadya Bhaban near the Secretariat blocked from 1:00pm to 6:00pm to press home their eight-point demand that also includes compensation for all the 鈥榲ictim BDR members鈥�.
Police used water cannons to disperse the crowd but they broke through the barricade at the Shikkha Bhaban and took position there halting vehicular movement on the road.
Student Against Discrimination executive committee member Md Mahin Sarkar and the representatives of the protesters held a meeting with home ministry officials in the afternoon.
Mahin later told the protesters that the ministry was positive regarding the demands and a meeting would be arranged with the home adviser on February 17.
Moniruzzaman, one of the representatives of the protesters, told 抖阴精品 that they decided to withdraw all the protest programmes, including the sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar till February 17 meeting.
The protesters had been continuing a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka since Tuesday to press home their demands.
