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A case has been registered in connection with the protest inside the secretariat demanding ‘non-discrimination’ results in HSC. 26 people were arrested and 28 people were released in this case filed at Shahbag police station in the capital. Police say that 26 people arrested are involved in BCL politics.

In a press release on Thursday, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said that during the initial interrogation of the arrested persons, they were associated with the banned Chhatra League.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media and Public Relations Department Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman told the media that 54 people were detained in connection with the protest by illegally entering the secretariat on Wednesday. In this incident, 26 people have been arrested and sent to court in the case of Shahbag police station. The remaining 28 have been released in the custody of their guardians. Another 60-70 unidentified people have been accused in the case.

The arrested persons are Md. Zahirul Islam (20), Md. Faisal Hasan (21), Md. Raihan Hossain (21), Md. Rubel Ahmed (18), Md. Riyad Mahmud (21), Md. Mezbaul Rahman Millad (18), Md. Mehdi Hasan (18), Md. Swan (21), Md. Imran Hossain Arman (18), Md. Mehdi Hasan Antar (19), Md. Sagar (18), Md. Rohan (18), Md. Shahriar Hossain Sowad (18), Md. Ahad Molla (22), Md. Sohan (18), Md. Masnun (18), Md. Naeem (18), Md. Imam Hasan (18), Md. Shakeel (18), Md. Salim (18), Md. Saqlain Mushtaq (18), Md. Hanjalal (22), Md. Moshiur Rahman (18), Md. Margin (18), Md. Tashim Rahman (18) and Md. Robin Mia (18).

Two months ago, the education department was forced to cancel the postponed HSC-equivalent examinations when the examinees protested inside the secretariat. A group of students entered the secretariat yesterday and protested after the publication of the results by ‘mapping’ all the subjects of the SSC and demanding the publication of the ‘unbiased’ results of the HSC examination.

A very heated situation was created inside the secretariat yesterday around this protest. At one point, the police chased the protesting students. During this time many of the protesting students were beaten. Apart from law and order forces, various levels of people working in the secretariat also beat the students. The protesting students dispersed. At this time, the police arrested 54 people.