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Police officers said barricades would be set up in the Shantinagar area to stop them, adding that the procession would not be allowed to advance towards the embassy in Gulshan.
Demonstrations are taking place in several Muslim countries around the world for the publication of a cartoon of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) in a French magazine. Also in Bangladesh, religious groups have protested and called for a boycott of French products.
As part of this, Nur Hossain Qasemi, Dhaka’s metropolitan president of Hifazat-e-Islam, announced the siege of the French embassy on November 2 at a demonstration under the slogan ‘Combined Islamic parties’ in front of the Baitul Mukarram national mosque after Friday.
According to him, activists from various organizations, including Hefazat-e-Islam, have been gathering at the north gate of Baitul Mukarram since Monday morning.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Motijheel Area Deputy Commissioner Zahidul Islam Sohag told bdnews24.com: “Hefazat leaders and activists are stationed throughout the area. As a result, traffic on both sides of Baitul Mukarram, Gulistan, Nightingale Junction and Press Club is closed. “
Imam Hussein, the leader of Hifazat-e-Islam, said that his secretary general, Junaid Babungari, would also be present at the siege of the French embassy.
Meanwhile, Shahbagh Police Inspector (patrol) Abul Bashar said there was a kind of “chaos” when two to three thousand people interested in going to Malaysia stood in front of the Foreign Ministry.
He said traffic on the road in front of the press club was also closed.
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