BNP Joint Secretary General Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel said police detained their activists when they were coming to attend the rally and demanded their immediate release. BNP claimed that it had taken a verbal permission from the police to conduct this rally. However, DMP's Additional Commissioner (Motijheel zone) Mishu Biswas said: "BNP does not have any permission to hold a rally in front of their office. When asked, Paltan police station officer in-charge Abu bakar Siddik said they detained some of the activists in front of the BNP party office. "As long as the government follows a knee-jerk foreign policy, it won't be able to realise anything (from India) except sacrificing the country's interests," he added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 12, 2019 18:22 UTC