Protesters leave Shahbagh after demanding justice for Hadi’s killing

Protesters demanding justice for the killing of Sharif Osman bin Hadi have left Shahbagh intersection after staging a demonstration calling for justice in the killing of the Inqilab Moncho leader.

Following Hadi’s burial on the Dhaka University campus on Saturday, activists of the platform and other organisations streamed in at Shahbagh, shouting slogans calling for accountability.

The call reverberated across the intersection, effectively bringing the area to a standstill.

From 4pm to around 5:30pm, the protesters remained stationed in groups. They were later seen dispersing in smaller numbers.

As the crowd gradually thinned, vehicular movement through Shahbagh resumed, with traffic returning to surrounding roads around 5:45pm.

Hadi, convenor of Inqilab Moncho, was laid to rest beside the grave of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on the campus after his funeral prayers at the parliament complex.

To facilitate the transfer of the body to the campus, traffic at Shahbagh had been suspended from 2:30pm.

After the funeral and burial, the gathering at Shahbagh swelled again, with protesters raising slogans, such as “Delhi or Dhaka -- Dhaka, Dhaka” and “In Hadi’s memory, we do not fear death.”