People defy Jamaat hartal

Life was almost normal yesterday despite a hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the death penalty of party leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for war crimes he had committed in 1971.

There was no report of picketing or clashes during the shutdown across the country. Activists of the party were not seen on streets.

Movement of buses and private vehicles was normal in the capital. However, some bus owners did not operate their long distance buses from Dhaka to various districts.

According to reports from our correspondents in Chittagong, Rajshahi and other districts, there was no picketing on streets during the shutdown.

In Satkhira, police detained 84 people, including 30 Jamaat men, on Tuesday night ahead of the 24-hour hartal that ended at 6:00am today.