Tension looms as people obstructed from gathering at Dhanmondi-32
People were seen checking phones of everyone arriving in the area since morning
People who tried to gather in front of the Dhanmondi-32 house of Bangabandhu were obstructed from reaching the location.
Many people were seen standing with sticks in the area around the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum on Dhanmondi Road No. 32 which was vandalised and set on fire on the day of Hasina's ouster.
Today is the death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family who were killed in the 15 August carnage in 1975.
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Police set up barricades on the road adjacent to the Dhanmondi-32 house and students along with BNP members have been seen checking the phones of people in the area since early morning. Students also guarded the lake area beside Dhanmondi-32.
Saidul Islam Saad, a third year student of Sir Salimullah Medical College, said, "The Awami League government has carried out an inhumane torture and massacre of students since July. The students have uprooted the roots of dictatorship from this country. A vested quarter is trying to destroy the interim government's efforts to bring order to Bangladesh and disrupt the economic and political environment of Bangladesh. We have taken position here to stop this anarchy."
Armed forces including police, Army and BGB were positioned in front of Metro Shopping Mall in the area to ensure security.
Considering the situation, not many Awami League members could gather at Dhanmondi-32 to pay their respects to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The programme of paying tributes was scheduled to begin with floral tributes at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's portrait on Dhanmondi Road No. 32 today morning, according to Awami League sources.
Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Sunday last urged Awami League leaders and activists to honour Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32 on the anniversary of his death.
No central Awami League leaders, however, have been seen at Dhanmondi 32 since Thursday morning.
Bangabandhu's martyrdom anniversary this year comes 10 days after the fall of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's fall amid student-led mass upsurge on August 5.
The interim government of Professor Muhammad Yunus has cancelled the national holiday that was being observed during Awami League regime.
Golam Mawla, an artiste, said, "My two sons are students of Dhaka University and I came with them. Sheikh Hasina and her government have created an atmosphere of fear in the country by capitalising on the images of Bangabandhu and the liberation war in the last 15 years. As part of that, today, 15 August, they are again at Dhanmondi-32. They want to instill fear in people's minds by gathering here. I have come here with my sons to get rid of this fear from people's minds."
