Youth detained with a knife while putting up posters demanding the execution of “Yunus and his associates” in Kotalipara

Police have detained a young man in Kotalipara, Gopalganj, while he was putting up posters demanding the execution of "Yunus and his associates" for the "July 16 Gopalganj massacre." A sharp knife was recovered from his possession at the time. He was detained around 11:00 AM on Saturday (October 10) from the premises of the Upazila Shilpakala Academy. The detained youth is Liton Mondol. He is the son of Nirmal Mondol from the Bedgram area of ​​Gopalganj Sadar. At the top left of the poster, beneath the slogan "Joy Bangla," appear photographs of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sajeeb Wazed Joy,...

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Police have detained a young man in Kotalipara, Gopalganj, while he was putting up posters demanding the execution of “Yunus and his associates” for the “July 16 Gopalganj massacre.”

A sharp knife was recovered from his possession at the time. He was detained around 11:00 AM on Saturday (October 10) from the premises of the Upazila Shilpakala Academy.

The detained youth is Liton Mondol. He is the son of Nirmal Mondol from the Bedgram area of ​​Gopalganj Sadar.

At the top left of the poster, beneath the slogan “Joy Bangla,” appear photographs of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim. In the center, the phrase “Allah is All-Powerful” is displayed. On the right, beneath the slogan “Joy Bangabandhu,” there is a photograph of Sheikh Hasina—the Prime Minister of the Awami League government and the party’s president—alongside the text: “We demand the execution of Yunus and his associates for the July 16 Gopalganj massacre.” The poster features images of Dr. Muhammad Yunus and several advisors of the interim government, as well as a symbolic image of a hangman’s noose. The text “District Awami League, Gopalganj” appears at the bottom of the poster.

Liton Mondol was detained by some BNP members while he was putting up the posters.

Subsequently, police officials—including Md. Riad Mahmud, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kotalipara Police Station—arrived at the scene, seized the sharp knife, and took him to the police station.

Kotalipara Police Station OC Md. Riad Mahmud stated, “Legal proceedings regarding this matter are currently underway.”