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The civil society members also questioned the role of police, claiming they played the role of silent spectators during the whole incident.

They asked, “In the context of this whole incident, we want to ask the government whether it favours extrajudicial killings and is against peaceful protest and cultural expressions recognised by the constitution.”

“Are the stances of the government and other government employees regarding extrajudicial killings similiar to Manik? We want to know,” questioned the statement signed by Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury, Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, Hameeda Hossain, Shaheen Anam, Prof Anu Muhammad, Dr Iftekharuzzaman, and Syeda Rizwana Hasan among others.

Meanwhile Hasibur Rahman Manik denied attacking anyone, saying, “There should have been images and footage of any attack as journalists and police were present there during the protest. We demonstrated in our way and they did in their way. They are trying to achieve some political agenda with these allegations.”