Authorities didn't keep their word, movement to continue: Sarjis after release from DB custody
How will you detain the entire young generation of Bangladesh? he asks authorities
The authorities promised not to arrest any protesting students or harass them with cases but failed to keep their word, Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the quota reform movement, said after being released from the custody of the Detective Branch of the DMP on Thursday.
"So, this movement will continue until these mass arrests, oppression, and torture end," Sarjis wrote in a Facebook post in the afternoon.
"Six people can be detained for six days by taking them into DB custody, but how will you detain the entire young generation of this Bangladesh? How will you constantly suppress the anger you fueled through corruption, looting, money laundering, abuse of power?" his Facebook post read before his account became temporarily unavailable.
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His Facebook account "vanished within half an hour after making that post," a Prothom Alo report published at 8:14pm stated citing Sarjis.
"It can't be found. I am trying to recover the account," he told PA.
However, Sarjis's account appeared active at around 22:50. Since then he made several posts as of 3:15am Friday.
Sarjis, in his earlier post made in the afternoon, also wrote, "You (authorities) attacked my university teachers. Charged baton on my brothers and sisters from schools and colleges across the country. You imprisoned anyone anyone you wanted to. When you failed to find a protester, you picked up their brother from home, and threatened their father! Mashroor is an example of this."
He went on to write that anyone who joined the protests at least once, cannot sleep in peace now, they stay afraid of being arrested.
"There are many [protesters] whose families haven't been able to locate them yet. This is not how it was supposed be!" he said.
Sarjis continued, "You made [protesters] get off rickshaws and took them inside prison vans. Picked them up from home and sent them to jail in cases. You beat my sisters after throwing them down on the streets. What are you thinking? This is how everything will end?"
Addressing the policemen as brothers, he further wrote, "The anger of the people of this country is not on you, not on the police. This anger is on your uniforms. Over the years, many people in this country have been repressed and tortured by wearing these uniforms. Leave that dress and come with us, we'll welcome you and embrace you."
"Since this path is the path of truth and justice, we are not afraid in the slightest to face anything. Until Bangladesh becomes a safe haven for protesters; mass arrests, oppression, and torture end; this fight will continue."
