Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Chaksu) executive member Sohanur Rahman said police had attacked not just the Inquilab Mancha program but Bangladesh itself. He made the remarks during a protest rally held late Friday night at the university’s Zero Point, organized to denounce the police assault on the Inquilab Mancha event.

Rahman criticized the interim government for ignoring public demands for a UN-supervised investigation into the killing of Hadi, saying the administration had forgotten it came to power through July’s bloodshed. He also condemned the chief adviser’s statement justifying police action near the Jamuna area, noting that police had attacked ordinary people in Dhaka University and Shahbagh as well. Arabic department student Mohammad Riad alleged that remnants of the previous administration remained in power, calling the police action the interim government’s greatest failure.

The protest, organized by Chaksu, was attended by members of various student organizations and general students, with Sohanur Rahman conducting the event.