At least 40 protesters from the radical party Inquilab Mancha have been injured amid clashes with the Muhammad Yunus administration outside his official residence, Jamuna.
The party's sit-in protests outside Yunus's official residence and in the vicinity of Hotel InterContinental—which began on Thursday afternoon—are led by the demand for an impartial UN-led probe into the death of its slain leader, Sharif Osman Hadi.
Party secretary Abdullah Al Jaber, Osman Hadi's wife Rabeya Islam Shampa, and members of the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RAKSU) were among those protesting outside the Jamuna.
#WATCH | Bangladesh | Members of the Inquilab platform hold a protest in Dhaka, demanding justice in the killing of Osman Hadi, a key leader in the protests against Sheikh Hasina, who died on 18 December.
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The radical party's protesters were also joined by hordes of government employees outside Jamuna on Friday, who had been calling for the implementation of the gazette based on the Ninth National Pay Commission, as per reports from The Daily Star.
The government employees, demonstrating under the banner of the Sarkari Karmachari Dabi Adai Oikya Parishad (Government Employees’ Unity Council for Realisation of Demands), are allegedly trying to get the pay scale implemented before it gets delayed further due to the elections.
Visuals from the scene show police forces using batons on the crowds, in addition to water cannons, tear gas shells, and sound grenades.
"Have you come to Jamuna to sabotage the election?" Deputy Commissioner Masud Alam is said to have asked a protesting official, as per an NDTV report.
"If attacks continue we will boycott the elections," a protester allegedly replied.
Six platoons of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have also been deployed outside the Jamuna—as well as at the Kakrail Mosque and Hotel InterContinental areas—to help the police fend off the protesters.
This comes barely a week before the first nationwide elections (on February 12) since the ouster of former PM Sheikh Hasina due to student-led protests in July 2024, which eventually paved the way for the interim government led by Chief Adviser Yunus.
