Staff Reporter :
Six organizers (coordinators) of the quota reform movement, who had been in the custody of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for the past six days, were released on Thursday noon.
The coordinators are- Nahid Islam, Sarjis Alam, Hasnat Abdullah, Abu Baker Majumdar, Asif Mahmud and Nusrat Tabassum.
DB Ramna division additional commissioner (ADC) Azhar Mukul confirmed the matter to the media on Thursday afternoon.
Earlier on July 26, the three coordinators of the quota reform movement – Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumdar, were taken from a city’s hospital to the DB office.
The next day, Sarjis Alam, Hasnat Abdullah and Nusrat Tabassum were also taken into DB custody.
Meanwhile, the ‘angry civil society’ has given a 24-hour ultimatum to release all students and ordinary citizens detained across the country including Dhaka.
The representatives of the angry civil society made this demand from a human chain organized in front of the DMP’s Detective Branch (DB) office on Minto Road in the capital at 3 pm on Thursday (August 1).
Earlier on Tuesday (July 30), the ‘angry civil society’ issued a 24-hour ultimatum to release the six coordinators kept in the DB office.
While giving the ultimatum in a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU), it was said that if the demands are not met, a strict program will be given.
After passing the ultimatum, the ‘angry civil society’ marched towards the DB office on Thursday. However, six coordinators were released around 1:30 PM before ending ultimatum.
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Honorary Fellow of Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Economist and Public Policy Analyst, said that within the next 24 hours, students-teachers and ordinary people detained all over the country, including Dhaka, should be released without trial and those detained without legal action. This is our main demand.