Protests against the attack on the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in India鈥檚 Agartala continued for the fifth consecutive day on Friday in Dhaka city.
Different political parties and student bodies staged protests on the day demanding punishment for the perpetrators and an immediate end to propaganda against Bangladesh in the Indian media and repression against Muslims and other minorities in India.聽聽
Amid growing tension between the two neighboring countries, the Border Guard Bangladesh is prepared and alerted to prevent any untoward situation, according to BGB officials.
Bangladesh mission in Agartala came under attack by a group of Indians on Monday afternoon during their protests demanding the release of Bangladesh Hindu community leader Chinmoy Krishna Das, now in jail in a sedition case.
The Inquilab Mancha marched towards the Indian High Commission in Dhaka from Gulshan-2 circle on Friday to submit a memorandum to the Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh protesting at the attack on Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala.
Minutes after the march began at about 4:00pm, the police intercepted it while a huge number of law enforcers blocked both sides of the road and the police also brought armoured personnel carriers and water cannons.
The traffic movement in the city鈥檚 diplomatic zone was halted for more than 45 minutes due to the protests.
The protesters held a brief rally in the face of interception.
Addressing the rally, Inquilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi said that Hindutva mobs kept attacking Muslim, Christian and Dalit communities as they had not spared the Bangladesh mission in Agatala.
鈥楬indutva politicians鈥� constant threats to demolish religious sites, churches and shrines like Ajmer Sharif has been further fueling聽 intolerance in the region,鈥� he said, adding that India largely violated the rights of religious and ethnic minority communities.
All the people in Bangladesh live in religious harmony regardless of their ethnicity and religion, he said.
The protesters held placards inscribed with slogans, including 鈥楤abri鈥檚 fall a day recall, protect minorities, justice for all鈥�, 鈥楳inority women are not paraded naked on our streets鈥�, 鈥業ndia has become Asian Israel鈥� and 鈥楬indutva Must Stop! Hindutva is Heinous鈥�.聽
Later, three members of the Inquilab Mancha, including its spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi and two members Fatema Tasnim Jhuma and Abdullah Al Jaber handed over the memorandum to a security official of the high commission.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Gulshan division deputy commissioner Mohammad Tareq Mahmud told 抖阴精品 that it was a peaceful demonstration and three leaders submitted the memorandum to a security official with the help of the officials of the DMP鈥檚 Diplomatic Security Division.
He said, 鈥榃e will not allow any anarchy in the diplomatic zone and that is why we have deployed such a number of police members. Anyone can hold peaceful protests considering their rights.鈥�
He said that the tight security measures around the Indian High Commission in Dhaka would be continued until further notice.
In the six-point memorandum, the Mancha demanded that the Indian government must ensure safety, security and protection of Bangladesh diplomatic missions, the officials and their family members and property in accordance with the Vienna Convention and bring the perpetrators to justice through a transparent and credible judicial system.
It also demanded an immediate end to the killing of Bangladeshis in the Bangladesh-India border and prosecution of the perpetrators of the previous border killings through transparent and credible investigations and end to discrimination against the indigenous tribal populations of Manipur and visible measures to compensate and rehabilitate the victims of religious and ethnic violences at the hands of Hindutva mobs.
Hundreds of people on Friday held a procession in Dhaka protesting at propaganda by Indian media against Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Tisri Insaf Dal brought out a procession from the north gate of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka after Jumma prayers.
The protesters said that India kept spreading propaganda against Bangladesh although there was no attack or torture on people of the Hindu community in Bangladesh.
They also alleged that Muslims were being constantly tortured in India and India must stop the torture of Muslims first.
They also said that the peace-loving people of Bangladesh never attacked Hindu temples and worship places as Bangladesh is a country of non-communal consciousness.
If India does not stop telling lies about Bangladesh, the Muslim community of Bangladesh will give a stern response against their propaganda.
The Ganosamhati Andolan in a press release on Friday said that fascist Sheikh Hasina was trying to return to the country with an Indian conspiracy.
At the central convention of its student wing Islami Chhatra Andolan Bangladesh at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city, Islami Andolan Bangladesh leaders condemned the attack on the Bangladesh mission in Agartala and Indian aggression.
Islami Andolan Bangladesh senior nayeb-e-amir Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim said that India was provoking a war.
鈥業ndia has never been able to build a true friendship with us and has not treated its own minorities well,鈥� said Faizul, adding that India insulted and hurt Bangladesh and the people of Bangladesh would not bow down to anyone.