Four shot dead in Dhaka as anti-Modi protest turns violent - police
At least 4 anti-Modi protesters were killed in Bangladesh of Friday during clash between police and demonstrators that took to Dhaka streets to denounce the visit of the Indian premier, according to the official sources.
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- Published Date: 03:42 | 26 March 2021
- Modified Date: 03:42 | 26 March 2021
Four anti-Modi protesters were shot dead in Bangladesh on Friday in violent demonstrations over the visit of the Indian prime minister to Dhaka, officials said.
Police said four bodies of members of Hefazat-e-Islam were brought to Chittagong Medical College Hospital after violence erupted at Hathazari, a rural town where the group's main leaders are based.
"We got four bodies here. They are all hit with bullets. Three of them are madrasa students and another a tailor," Alauddin Talukder, a police inspector at the hospital, told AFP. He did not say who opened fire at the demonstrations.