Advisor Asif Mahmud releases man detained during Hizb ut-Tahrir clashes with police in Baitul

Interim government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has freed a man who beat a Hizb ut-Tahrir member during clashes between the banned organisation members and police at Baitul Mukarram.

Asif went to the Detective Branch headquarters around 4:30pm Friday, released the detainee and took him away in his personal car.

As soon as the Jummah prayers ended on Friday, Hizb ut-Tahrir members gathering at the north gate of the mosque began shouting slogans. They grabbed banners with a Kalima written on it and surged forward and broke through police barricades.

Police then charged batons and fired tear gas to break up the rally.

A video footage of the man, along with police, beating a Hizb ut-Tahrir member during the clashes in the afternoon went viral on social media. Later, joint forces led by the army detained him and took him to the DB office.

After freeing the detainee, later Shojib posted on his Facebook that the man he released supplied water in the Baitul Mukarram area.

DB chief Rezaul Karim Mallick could not be reached for comments.