At least 91 people, including 14 policemen, were killed and hundreds injured on Sunday in fierce clashes between protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and the ruling party supporters in different parts of Bangladesh, forcing authorities to cut off mobile internet and enforce a nationwide curfew for an indefinite period.
According to the police headquarters, 14 policemen have been killed across the country. Of them, 13 were killed in Sirajganj's Enayetpur police station. One person was killed in Comilla's Elliotganj, the paper said. More than 300 policemen were injured.
Protest and rallies at multiple locations
Under the banner of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement, the demonstrators hurled slogans calling for PM Hasina’s resignation and justice for those killed who were killed in the violence surrounding the quota reform protests, Bdnews24 news portal reported.
Apart from Dhaka's outskirts and Shahbagh, protesters also gathered at the Science Lab intersection of the capital on the first day of the non-cooperation movement. The coordinators of the protests asserted that the protests and rallies will also be organised at Dhaka’s Science Laboratory, Dhanmondi, Mohammadpur, Technical, Mirpur-10, Rampura, Tejgaon, Farmgate, Panthapath, Jatrabari, and Uttara.
Vehicles torched, ambulance vandalised
As per the Daily Star newspaper, the violence escalated as several vehicles were torched at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Sunday by unidentified people. Miscreants carrying sticks were seen vandalising ambulances, and motorcycles, private cars, and buses on the hospital premises, spurring fear among the patients, their attendants, doctors and staff, the paper added.
Notably, Bangladesh recently witnessed violent clashes between protestors, mostly students, and police. The protestors were demanding to end the controversial quota system that reserved 30 per cent of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's War of Independence in 1971. During the protests, over 200 people died in violence.
(With inputs from agencies)
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