Bangladesh says protests’ student leaders held for their own safety


People in a song march to protest against killings and mass arrest in Dhaka.- Photo: AFP

DHAKA: Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody for their own safety after the government blamed their protests against civil service job quotas for days of deadly nationwide unrest.

Students Against Discrimination head Nahid Islam and two other senior members of the protest group were on Friday (July 26) forcibly discharged from hospital and taken away by a group of plainclothes detectives.

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