Protesters demolished the Rajshahi Metropolitan Awami League office in the city using a bulldozer during protests on Thursday night over the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Mancha.
The protesters first gathered at Saheb Bazar Zero Point before marching to the Awami League office around 11:30pm under the banner ‘Students Against Hegemony’, witnesses said.
They brought out a procession from Joha Chattar in front of Rajshahi University’s administrative building.
Leaders and activists of Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (Rucsuu), Islami Chhatra Shibir and general students participated in the march which paraded through the campus before reaching the city centre.
From the rally, speakers demanded exemplary punishment for those responsible for Hadi’s killing and warned of evicting the Indian Assistant High Commission from Rajshahi.
RUCSU Vice-President and Rajshahi University Islami Chhatra Shibir President Mostaqur Rahman Zahid reiterated the demand for justice for Hadi.
During the demonstration, protesters chanted various slogans against the Awami League and India, witnesses said.
Meanwhile, the body of Hadi, who died while undergoing treatment in Singapore, is expected to arrive in Dhaka around 6:05pm on Friday.
