A case has been filed against anti-quota protesters on charges of vandalising police vehicles, assaulting police officers, and attacking cops during the ongoing quota reform movement.
Khalilur Rahman, a driver for the Transport Department of Rajarbagh Police Lines, filed the case at Shahbagh Police Station on Friday night.
According to the case statement, on July 11, the agitators crossed the Shahbagh intersection, forming an illegal assembly that caused riots and obstructed government duties.
Anonymous students gathered in front of the central library of Dhaka University, circled various halls, and marched towards the Shahbagh intersection to shout slogans at 4:00 pm, it added.
It also said that at one stage, they broke the police barricade at the Shahbagh intersection and clashed with the police, beating up officers on duty and injuring others.
Earlier on June 5, the High Court declared the government's 2018 decision to cancel the 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters' children illegal following a writ petition. As a result, the 30 per cent quota was reinstated.
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