A group of dismissed police officers and their family members gathered in protest near the Shikkha Bhaban in Dhaka today, demanding reinstatement to their jobs with all benefits restored.
According to a written statement from the protesters, around 2,200 police officers were "unjustly dismissed" during the previous authoritarian government, leaving many lower-ranking officers fearing for their jobs.
Some senior officers, in a desperate bid to keep their positions, were "coerced into committing crimes", including genocide, during the July-August Revolution, the statement said.
Former ASI Toudin Mandal, who was among those dismissed, shared his perspective, "We have a family. We, the 2,000 victim police families, stand together. If authorities investigate our situation, corruption, etc., nothing will be found."
Source: The Daily star