Clash between students and Ansar members leaves nearly 40 injured in Dhaka
The HinduA clash between students and Ansar members near the Secretariat in the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, left nearly 40 people injured on Sunday night. The incident occurred around 9:00 p.m. when over a thousand students, many armed with sticks, marched towards the Secretariat, where thousands of Ansar members were holding a protest that blocked the entrance to the key government headquarters in Dhaka. Earlier in the evening, students from various halls of Dhaka University had gathered at the Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture at Teachers and Students Center after reports emerged that a group of Ansar members were holding Nahid Islam, an Adviser in the interim government and a coordinator of the Students Against Discrimination movement, along with coordinators Sarjis Alam, Hasnat Abdullah, and others at the Secretariat. Enamul Hoque Shameem of Sheikh Hasina’s Government, for the continued blockade of the Secretariat, despite the demands of the protesting Ansar members being met.
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