Students who have been staging demonstrations demanding reform in the quota system resumed their “Bangla Blockade” on Thursday afternoon despite DMP's warning against road blockade.
Students from different dormitories of Dhaka University, Jagannath University and other universities gathered at Dhaka University Central Library around 4pm and marched towards Shahbagh intersection with processions after parading different streets.
They chanted various slogans in favour of their demand while wearing the national flag on their foreheads. The agitating students broke the police barricade at Shahbagh and marched towards Banglamotor around 5pm.
Earlier in the day, Additional Police Commissioner (Crime and Ops) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Dr Mahid Uddin warned that strict action will be taken against individuals who block roads in the name of the blockade.
Addressing a press conference at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media Center, he emphasised that causing public suffering through road blockades is a punishable offense under existing laws.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a status quo for four weeks regarding the High Court's earlier order to reinstate the quota system in government jobs but the agitating students announced to continue the blockade programme.
