Anti-Modi protesters clash with police in Dhaka

Bangladesh Desk:  Anti-Modi protesters and police take position in Baitul Mukarrom National Mosque area in Dhaka after jumma prayers on Friday. — New Age photo

The activists who were protesting at Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh  locked in a clash with police in Baitul Mukarrom National Mosque area in Dhaka after Jumma prayer on Friday.

Several people, including a journalist, were injured in the clash.

The incident took place about three hours after the Indian prime minister arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at about 10:30am on a two-day visit to join the concluding ceremony of the 10-day special programme marking the country’s golden jubilee of independence and birth centenary of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Despite of the presence of huge number of police in the mosque area, the protesters, immediately after the jumma prayers at the Baitul Mukarrom National Mosque, tried to bring out a procession at about 1:45pm denouncing Modi’s visit to Bangladesh.

The police barred their procession at the mosque gate, the witnesses said.

New Age