STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Demonstrations on some major streets brought Dhaka traffic to a grinding halt yesterday, forcing commuters, patients and children to walk for hours.

After daylong demonstrations blocking roads near Shyamoli, the injured victims of the July uprising, some with life-changing injuries, arrived on Minto Road around 7:45pm to go to the chief adviser’s residence.

They kept the road blocked and after midnight broke the barricades placed by law enforcers near the Intercontinental Hotel. They then tried to breach another barricade set up by the army near the state guest house Jamuna, the chief adviser’s residence on Hare Road.

The injured demand proper treatment, rehabilitation, and formal recognition of their sacrifice.

Law enforcers were trying to calm the situation when Anti-discrimination Student Movement leader Hasnat Abdullah went to the scene around 12:30am and talked to the demonstrators.

The protesters calmed down a bit, but vowed not to leave the spot until the chief adviser or a representative

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