Emi and many students were standing nearby. He said that he would continue his speech until the detained student was released.
Upon receiving the news, another group of students led by Tahmid Al Mudassir, coordinator of Jatiya Chhatra Shakti, the student organization of the National Citizens Party, took up a counter-position in front of the police station.
Both sides raised slogans against each other, which further increased the tension. After some time, DUCSU leaders AB Zubair and Musaddiq Ali Ibne Mohammed reached the spot.
The sloganeering continued for a long time. At one time, under his leadership, a rickshaw laden with sound box and EMI was taken inside Shahbagh police station.
This further escalated tensions and Abdullah Al Mamun, joint secretary of the Sergeant Zahurul Haq Hall unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League at Dhaka University, who had accompanied Amy, was attacked inside the police station.