The banned Hizb ut-Tahrir has carried out their planned programme, ‘March for Khilafat’ on Friday morning.
They brought out a rally after the jumma prayers from the capital’s Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. Members of the law enforcement agencies tried to stop them. At one point, police fired two rounds of tear shells. As the rally continued towards Paltan Maydan, police lobbed three sound grenades, dispersing the crowd.
Earlier, police headquarters said they will consider all kinds of activities of the banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir as punishable offense. In a message, the police headquarters warned of the action, calling it a banned organisation.
The warning was issued as the banned outfit put up posters across the city urging people to join a ‘March for Khilafat’ on Friday.
DMP’s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested three operatives of the banned outfit from Uttara of the capital early Friday.
On October 22, 2009, the government banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, considering that it is a threat to public security.
According to the Anti-Terrorism Act-2009, all activities, including meetings, rallies, processions, distribution of posters and leaflets and publicity through other means by any banned organisation are punishable offences.
