DU Correspondent :
The six coordinators of the quota reform platform, an anti-discrimination student movement, who were freed on Thursday from the custody of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, claimed that they were forced to announce the withdrawal of the movement while in police custody.
In a statement issued on Friday and signed by key coordinators Nahid Islam, Sarjis Alam, Hasnat Abdullah, Asif Mahmud, Abu Bakr Majumder, and Nusrat Tabassum, they asserted, “We did not voluntarily give the video message about the withdrawal of the movement broadcast from the DB office. No decision of the students’ protest can come from the DB office.”
The coordinators emphasized, “No decision will be taken as final without the participation of all coordinators and agitating students across the country.”
The six coordinators stated that at the DB office, they were forced to sit at the dining table. Their families were called and held for 13 hours with the assurance of their release.
False statements were made in the media.
Calling on people to join the movement, they added, “Our movement will continue until our demands are met.
We urge all countrymen to come to the streets defying the repression imposed by the government. We won’t let the blood of the martyrs go in vain.”