Left-leaning student bodies wrap up demo for the day
Activists of left-leaning student organisations, who were demonstrating in front of the Secretariat after they were barred from besieging the home ministry, ended their protest programme for today.
The demonstrators said they will announce the next course of action from a press conference soon.
More than 200 activists brought out a procession from Raju Sculpture in TSC area around 12:00 pm. They marched towards the Secretariat to besiege the home ministry, demanding the release of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and abolition of the Digital Security Act.
When they reached near the Secretariat around 12:30 pm, police barred them from proceeding, barricading them on the road.
Facing resistance, the activists sat on the road and staged their demonstration till 1:15 pm before they wrapped up their programme.
Police took three-layer security measures in the Secretariat area following the scheduled programme of the left-leaning organisations, our correspondent reports from the spot.
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