Crackdown on students continues in Bangladesh after violent protests

Filing of new cases, arresting political opposition and students through night-time block raids, and regular drives by law-enforcing agencies have continued across Bangladesh in the aftermath of a week-long deadly crackdown on student protests seeking reform in the quota system for public services, reported New Age, a leading English language daily published from Dhaka.

At least 6,000 people were arrested in hundreds of cases filed over alleged ‘vandalism’ in key infrastructure during clashes across the country between July 15 and July 21, according to available police data on Saturday.

Among them, 500 were arrested in 24 hours between Friday and Saturday, police said.

One more critically injured person died on Saturday taking the death toll from the recent violence during student protests to at least 212 across the country.