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Police also charged batons and fired tear gas canisters at the students and poisonous tear gas shells at the BRACU campus. [203] [204] The Mirpur-10 station of the Dhaka Metro was closed for arson at a foot-overbridge beneath it. [205] Reports indicated that approximately 30 students were killed by the Bangladesh police. [206]
The main training institution of the Bangladesh Police is the Bangladesh Police Academy, established in 1912 in Sardah. [citation needed] The Police Staff College, which trains officers from ASP to DIG in-service, was established in 2000 in Dhaka. [14] Bangladesh Police also maintains Police Training Centre (PTC) in Tangail, Rangpur, Khulna and ...
The movement started as a quota reform movement soon after the High Court Division of the Supreme Court declared the circular issued by the government in 2018 invalid on 5 June 2024. But the government law-enforcing agencies and the ruling party members carried out massive suppression and mass killing of the protesters, known as the July massacre .
Abu Sayed (Bengali: আবু সাঈদ; 1998/1999 – 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the Bangladesh Police on 16 July 2024, [108] [109] [110] while participating in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
People gathering at the Central Shahid Minar on 3 August, where the non-cooperation movement was declared. During the quota reform movement in 2024, participants—particularly students—faced resistance, mass arrests, and massacre and severe injuries at the hands of police and other security forces.
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
The massacre was a significant event in the political spectrum of Bangladesh, and part of the ongoing unrest that began in mid-2024. [30] The Supreme Court's decision to reinstate a 30% job quota for descendants of freedom fighters sparked initial protests as the decision reversed reforms from 2018 made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. [31]
2024 Bangladesh post-resignation violence took place after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, during the clashes between the protesters and opposition activists on one side, and the Awami League supporters, government and security officials on the other. [2] On the day of the resignation, 25 police officers were killed. [1]