Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandaker Ghulam Farooq cited Jamaat-e-Islami’s failure to obtain permission to hold the procession as the reason police stopped the party’s rally in the capital.
“They (Jamaat-e-Islami) did not seek or take permission from the police [for the procession,” Faruq said at a media briefing on Saturday, a day after 11 people were detained at Dhaka’s Mouchak.
Police learnt from various sources that Jamaat loyalists had planned to gather at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and the nearby Abul Hotel after the Jummah prayers on Friday, according to Faruq. But they were deterred by the heavy police presence in the area.