During a protest, anti-discrimination student movement leader Hasnat Abdullah declared that the interim government must take responsibility for investigating the BDR massacre. He assured protesters that a meeting with advisor Asif Nazrul would take place within the week to discuss six demands, including reinstating dismissed BDR members. Abdullah alleged foreign interference in the Pilkhana killings. Protesters, defying police water cannons, marched into the Secretariat, staging a dramatic sit-in wearing funeral shrouds.