A case was 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 (July 12) 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 4pm, it added.  

It also said that at one stage, they broke the police barricade at Shahbagh intersection and clashed with the police, beating up officers on duty and injuring others.

However, the quota reform demonstrators will announce their next course of action programme through a press conference to be held today in coordination with all public and private universities across the country.  

Earlier on June 5, the High Court declared the government's 2018 decision to cancel the 30 percent quota for freedom fighters' children illegal following a writ petition. As a result, the 30 percent quota was reinstated.

BDST: 1547 HRS, JULY 13, 2024
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