Inquilab Moncho activists resumed their blockade at the capital’s Shahbagh intersection at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, shortly after BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman visited and prayed at the grave of the group’s slain convener, Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, on the Dhaka University campus.
Leaders and supporters had temporarily shifted their sit-in to the front of Aziz Super Market around 8:30 a.m. to clear the route for Rahman’s visit, then returned to Shahbagh as earlier announced. Demonstrators chanted slogans demanding the arrest of Hadi’s killers and vowed to continue the road occupation until arrests are made.
Inquilab Moncho launched the rolling blockade after Friday prayers and maintained an overnight presence at the key junction. Hadi—widely seen as a face of the July uprising—formed Inquilab Moncho in August last year and was preparing to run as an independent from Dhaka-8 before he was shot on December 12 and later died in Singapore on December 18. Organizers said the movement will remain on the streets “until justice is delivered.”