The clips and photographs of men beating with shoes a saree-clad effigy of a woman on the Dhaka University campus going viral on social media on Saturday sparked debates.
The video clips showed the incident happened at the base of the Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial sculpture in which the effigy clad in a sari and full-sleeved blouse, was hung from a stand labeled 鈥楯agrata July鈥�.
In one of the clips, several individuals, including a middle-aged man in beard and a prayer cap with two others in casual attire, were seen hitting the effigy with sandals. The effigy from its neck upward was covered in a black cloth. At one point of their beating the sari fell off, though they later put it back on.
Earlier on Thursday morning, at the base of the sculpture the effigy was first found hanging from a wooden pole.
Some social media users claimed that the effigy represented ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, although the effigy did not have any tag on it confirming so. Nor anyone officially confirmed their claim till 10:00pm Saturday.
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The effigy would be removed, he added.
On the day, meanwhile, Hefazat-e-Islam held a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan adjacent to the DU campus, pressing for the immediate cancellation of women affairs reform commission and its report and trial of the 2013 Shapla Square massacre and other demands.