Ala Uddin, a professor of anthropology at University of Chittagong, said: “The name of the student movement was Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, so there should be no discrimination at any level,” Ala Uddin said.
“We want the spirit of liberation war to be fully materialised in society; where democracy, equality, and religious freedom will be guaranteed. Where there will be no discrimination in society; and there will be no religious or ethnic conflicts,” he added.
At least 109 people have died in the violence, including 14 police officers, and hundreds of others injured, according to media reports, which could not be independently confirmed.
In the southwestern district of Satkhira, 596 prisoners and detainees escaped from a jail after an attack on the facility Monday evening, the United News of Bangladesh agency reported, as police stations and security officials were attacked across the country.
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday urged people to exercise restraint in what it said was a “transitional moment on our democratic path”.
Tarique Rahman, the party’s acting chairman, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “It would defeat the spirit of the revolution that toppled the illegitimate and autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina if people decide to take the law into their own hands without due process.”