DHAKA: A mob attacked members of Creative Writers Association –– is seen as a platform of pro-Liberation War writers –– when they tried to hold a rally in Dhaka on Saturday to protest the cancellation of March 7 and 15 Aug as “national days”.
The crowd of around 100 people reportedly attacked several protesters with sticks and chased them away from the venue. A video of the incident has gone viral, in which the attackers can be heard saying: “Get them! Catch Awami League members, they all run away.
The mention was of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League.
At least two dozen members of the association had gathered to protest the recent cancellations by the interim government.
The crowd surged in just as association members were unveiling their banners. In a meeting with Chief Counsel Muhammad Yunus on Saturday, Liberal Democratic Party demanded a ban on the Awami League, saying it had no right to conduct politics in Bangladesh.
