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Police brutality leads to tragic death of injured student during protest in Bangladesh

Police brutality leads to tragic death of injured student during protest in Bangladesh
During a protest in Bangladesh, police brutality reached a shocking level when an injured student, who could have been saved, was callously thrown out of a police van.
The incident took place in Dhaka on July 19.
Visuals showed during the protest on the road, chaos reigned as stones were being hurled and locals roamed the streets with guns in hand. Amidst this turmoil, an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) arrived and came to a halt. In a shocking display of brutality, the APC’s occupants ruthlessly discarded a boy’s body onto the road before the vehicle moved forward, continuing its path through the mayhem.
The body is identified as Shykh Yamin, a student at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) who was severely injured during the ongoing protest in Bangladesh.
The Sheikh Hasina-led government in Bangladesh late Friday imposed a nationwide curfew across the country and ordered the deployment of military forces to maintain order following days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs. News agency AFP reported that at least 105 people have been killed in the clashes so far across the country. Over 1,500 have been injured.
The curfew in Bangladesh was announced by Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of the ruling Awami League party, who said it was being done to help the civilian administration keep order.
The decision comes hours after police and security officials fired bullets and lobbed tear gas on protesters and banned all gatherings in the capital, Dhaka, on Friday. The protestors, mostly students, have been holding protests in Dhaka and other cities against the system of reservation in public sector jobs, including that for the relatives of war heroes who fought for the country’s independence from Pakistan in 1971.
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