BANGLADESH

Intern doctors continue protest

Police charge batons at Shahbagh

Demanding increase of their monthly allowances during their protest in the capital’s Shahbagh area several postgraduate intern doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) were injured as police charged batons on them.

Dr Md Habibur Rahman Shohag, postgraduate Private Trainee Doctors’ Association former convener said several doctors were injured when police charged batons in a sit-in programme at Shahbagh intersection on July 16, Sunday afternoon.

Shohag said, “We went to Shahbagh intersection to stage peaceful movement. Police charged batons on us, leaving several doctors injured. We condemned the police action.”

He added that agitating doctors now took position on Elephant road and the movement would be continued until the demands are not met. The doctors demanded a raise in their monthly allowance from Tk 20,000 to Tk 50,000.

Around one pm, some of the protesters came out of the hospital and tried to block Shahbagh intersection but police stopped them, witnesses said.

During the protest, doctors tried to obstruct the road, leading to the Science Lab from Shahbagh. Tension escalated between doctors and the police, resulting in a chaotic situation.

Police resorted to using batons to disperse the doctors in response to the road blockade, eye witnesses further said.

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