210 Citizens Condemn Police Brutality, False Cases, and Rising Mob Violence in Bangladesh

March 15, 2025: 210 citizens issue statements against police attacks, false cases, and violence and hateful activities by certain groups on protesters of rape and harassmentWe are outraged by the police’s brutal attack on the pro-uprising forces when they are protesting against the deteriorating law and order situation in the country, attacks on women, threats, and increasing mob violence.On March 11, there was a march to submit a memorandum to the office of the Chief Advisor with a nine-point demand under the banner of “Bangladesh against rape and impunity”.

During the program, the police attacked women nakedly, and we did not see any female police present there. After the attack, the police filed a complaint on March 12 in the name of the injured, mentioning the names of 12 people and making 70/80 unnamed people as accused. One of the accused is the president of the Chhatra Federation, Mashiur Rahman Richard, who was not present at the scene, but in the night of March 14, the DB police went to his house and tried to arrest him. The police took him some distance away but finally released him after information of the raid spread on Facebook.

Even before this, the police attacks on various protests, including the workers’ just demands, the movement of the Ebtedayi Madrasa teachers, and the movement of the recommended assistant teachers of primary schools, which are reminiscent of the Sheikh Hasina era.

Meanwhile, when some identified groups are spreading propaganda against various people, including writers, teachers, politicians, and others in the country, threatening to kill them, and engaging in mob violence, the government, including the police, is playing a passive role.We are surprised and angry at this role of the government.We demand the immediate trial of the police members involved in the attack on anti-rape protesters and the withdrawal of the false cases.At the same time, we demand that the police stop the activities of attacking, obstructing, and suing the democratic movement and take action against various undemocratic, terrorist, and discriminatory evil forces.