We were forcibly detained, didn’t voluntarily issue movement withdrawal statement

The six key organisers of the quota reform movement today said they did not voluntarily issue the statement to withdraw their movement while they were forcibly detained by the detective branch of police.

“Since July 19, the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement have been missing, arrested, tortured and harassed mainly to disperse the movement and leadership. Subsequently, six coordinators were forcibly detained in DB custody for seven days in the name of ‘security’. Although the Home Minister and the DB chief talked about security, we were kept in DB custody to isolate us from the movement,” the statement said.

The statement was signed by Nahid Islam, Sarjis Alam, Hasnat Abdullah, Asif Mahmud, Nusrat Tabassum, and Abu Baker Majumdar.

The six were released from DB custody around noon yesterday.