Staff Reporter :
With no visible progress in the investigation, protests continued across the country, demanding justice for Sohagi Jahan Tonu, who was killed inside Comilla Cantonment area on March 20.
Bangladesh Students’ Union (BSU), a left leaning student organisation, started its pre-announced march to Prime Minister’s Office at 11am on Thursday. The police stopped the march when it reached at Shahbagh intersection. At one stage, chase and counter chase occurred between the police and the activists of the BSU. At least five activists of BSU were injured.
The leaders of BSU also expressed their solidarity with the strike of general students to be observed on April 3 in all the educational institutions.
General Secretary of BSU GM Gilani Shuvo said that they were going to the PMO to submit memorandum, demanding exemplary punishment to the killers of Sohagi Jahan Tonu. But the police intercepted the activists of the BSU for no reason. At least five activists were injured during a scuffle with police at Shahbagh intersection, he said.
Meanwhile, dozens of school-going children covered their eyes in black clothes and stood in silent resilience near the Jatiya Press Club demanding justice for Tonu on Thursday.
Joyjatra Foundation arranged a rally in this regard in front of the National Press Club where at least 90 students took part with the banner “No more deaths like Tonu…”
Since the murder of Tonu, protests have been sparking spontaneously against killers all over the country demanding justice. Students have been in the lead in most of those protests.
Social media is still vibrant in condemnation of the incident and buzzing with Justice for Tonu. The general students of Dhaka University have called for a strike in all the educational institutions on April 3 in protest.
