Protesters gather in massive numbers at Dhaka’s Shaheed Minar

A massive group of protesters has gathered at Dhaka’s Central Shaheed Minar to take part in the protest march programme called by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

The coordinators of the protest had set 3pm on Saturday for the programme. Students and people of many classes and professions marched from different parts of the capital to attend the protest.

Protesters gathered at Dhaka’s Science Laboratory intersection around 12pm and then marched to the Shaheed Minar around 3pm.

The protesters chanted slogans calling for justice for those killed in the violence surrounding the quota protest movement, demanded that the perpetrators be punished, and also called for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation.