10 including 4 journalists hurt as police charge batons in Barishal

At least 10 people including four journalists were injured when police charged batons during a “March for Justice” programme in Barishal today.

The four received primary treatment from Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, our local correspondent reports.

Tanvir Arafat, deputy commissioner of Barishal Metropolitan Police, confirmed the police action on the protesters.

Around 11:00am, some students started to march at Kathpatti Road in the city, but police stopped them, witnesses said.

Facing obstruction, the protesters engaged in an altercation with the police, who started to charge batons to disperse the protesters, leaving 10 people including the four journalists injured.

Police managed to detain several protesters from different spots including Kathpatti Road and Fazlul Haque Avenue of the city, witnesses said.

Meanwhile, many students shave been staging demonstrations in front of the Barishal University and central bus terminal in the city.

The “March for Justice” programme of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement was announced last night to protest mass killings, arrests, attacks, cases, disappearances of students and people across the country.

Daily Star