The police foiled a black-flag procession of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the capital’s Uttara area on Tuesday. They also picked up the party’s standing committee member, Abdul Moyeen Khan, from the spot but released him later in a different area.

The BNP brought out the procession at sector 12 around 2:15pm, demanding cancellation of the current ‘dummy parliament'.

While being picked up by the police, Moyeen Khan was seen asking the them about the reasons behind their action – ‘What is my offence?’ Witnesses said Moyeen Khan was pushed from the back and made to embark a police vehicle.The BNP leader, who was the chief guest of the programme, reached the spot a few minutes before the detention. He started a speech after some leaders and activists gathered there. Later, around 10 policemen rushed to the spot, which prompted some of the BNP men to flee the scene.

In his speech, Moyeen Khan said, “We fought the Liberation War. Hundreds of thousands of people sacrificed their lives for a particular reason – we want a country with democracy, human rights, and good governance. But none of these exist now. We took to the streets to establish democracy.”

He also vowed to continue their peaceful and systematic movement and remain in the streets until success.