Jamaat to hold protest rally in city on 5 June
Leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami have announced staging a protest rally in the capital on Monday (5 June) demanding the release of party chief and other detained leaders.
The protest rally organised by Jamaat's Dhaka Metropolitan South Unit will march along the roads from the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city around 3pm and end in Kakrail.
Jamaat's leaders also requested cooperation of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in ensuring a peaceful protest programme.
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Jamaat's Dhaka Metropolitan South Unit Member and Office Secretary Mubarak Hossain sent a letter to the DMP commissioner in this regard on Sunday (28 May).
Md Faruq Hossain, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Public Relations and Media Division said the DMP operations division and high-ups would review the appeal and come up with a decision on the matter.
Jamaat-e-Islami's Majlis-e-Shura member Yasin Arafat told The Business Standard, "This [rally] is part of our ongoing central movement. More programmes as such will come in the future."
He further said, "The programme will be completely peaceful. I hope the law and order forces, or the authorities will not obstruct like they did in our peaceful programme on 30 December. More than 100 of our activists were injured in that attack."
He also said if there is any obstacle, Jamaat will face any situation head on alongside the people.
The former central president of Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir Delwar Hossain said, "We are hopeful that the police administration will give us the permission. But if they deprive us of legitimate rights by denying permission, then the next legal decision will be taken in the party forum."
