Demonstration at Shahbag over attacks on HindusHundreds of people including students of different universities have blocked Shahbag intersection in Dhaka to protest the recent spate of attacks on Hindu community people in Brahmanbaria and other parts of Bangladesh.Hundreds of protestors began demonstrating around 12:00pm Friday, reports bdnews24.com.They came under the banners of Hindu student organisations based in Dhaka University. Other organisations and regular people have also joined the demonstration.Traffic movement in the area has stopped due to their presence.Vehicles were stuck in traffic jams - from the National Press Club, Matsya Bhaban to Ruposhi Bangla intersection, Katabon and on the university campus – despite Friday being a weekend. Buses were taking other routes to the university campus.An effigy of Fisheries Minister Sayedul Hoque who represents Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar in Parliament was burnt by the protestors who hold him responsible for the Oct 30 attack on Hindu temples and homes.They demanded his immediate resignation as minister. Some of the placards they carried, read – ‘Is it a crime to be born Hindu?’, ‘Is leaving home the only way?’.Hindu students of Dhaka University took out a march outside the Jagannath Hall around 10am against recent incidents of attacks on religious minorities.The procession passed TSC and Doyel Chattar before reaching the Jatiya Press Club.Several organisations, already present in the location, joined the students’ procession and marched with them to Shahbag.Organisations that were holding protests against communal violence outside the Naitonal Museum also joined the demonstration.

Source: bd News24 November 11, 2016 10:51 UTC