Police stop seminar on border killing

Police yesterday stopped a seminar on border killing organised in the capital by People's Movement for Democracy, a pro-BNP professionals 'platform.

Acting editor of Bangla daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman was supposed to present key note paper at the seminar titled “Border Killing: Responsibility of the State” organised  at Spectra Convention Centre. Forhad Mazhar was the moderator.

Attended by around a hundred people, the event started around 10:00am when some Gulshan police members took entry and requested organisers to cancel the seminar as they did not take permission from police for the event.

Police said they were instructed by the higher authorities, but did not mention who the authorities were.