After being confined for nearly six hours, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul, Education Adviser CR Abrar, and Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam managed to come out from Milestone School and College in Uttara's Diabari area through a backdoor exit.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Deputy Commissioner (DC-Uttara zone) Md Mohidul Islam said that the two advisers of the interim government and the CA's press secretary used the "back gate" to come out from the school compound around 4pm with the help of law enforcement agencies amid protests.
Earlier, the law adviser, the education adviser, and the CA's press secretary went to the Milestone School and College around 10am.
Upon their arrival, its students started staging demonstrations on its compound, protesting what they called "falsehoods" surrounding the casualties in the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft crash.
A tense situation had been prevailing in the area over the issue.
When the advisers were preparing to leave, the students surrounded them and began chanting slogans – "Fake! Fake!"
Later, the advisers-accompanied by the Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam and several teachers-moved to the conference room on the ground floor of Building No. 5 to hold discussions with a delegation of five to seven student representatives.
Meanwhile, hundreds of students continued their protests outside the building, demanding full disclosure of the names and identities of those who have died, a verified list of the injured and compensation for the affected families.
Additional members of law enforcement agencies, including the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and the Public Order Management (POM), RAB, entered the school compound around 3:15pm.
Being escorted by police, the Advisers and CAS's press secretary attempted to leave the campus around 3:30pm, but before they could exit through the main gate, a group of protesters blocked the road at Diabari roundabout and forced them to return to the compound.
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