Police said all three detainees are currently in custody at Ashulia Police Station, and legal proceedings against them are underway
Mosammat Tahmina Akter was detained in front of the national memorial’s fountain area on 26 March, 2026. She was accompanied by her three children at the time. Photo: Collected
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Mosammat Tahmina Akter was detained in front of the national memorial’s fountain area on 26 March, 2026. She was accompanied by her three children at the time. Photo: Collected
Police detained three individuals, including a woman with her three children, at the National Memorial in Savar today (26 March) after they allegedly attempted to pay tribute on behalf of the banned Awami League and Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Independence Day.
The first incident occurred around 11:30am, when police detained Mosammat Tahmina Akter in front of the memorial’s fountain area. She was accompanied by her three children at the time.
Speaking to journalists while in police custody, Tahmina said she was a resident of Cumilla and currently lived in the capital’s Lalbagh area. She claimed she had previously worked at a government hospital but was not employed at present. She also said she had been involved in Awami League politics as a grassroots worker since 5 August.
According to her statement, she travelled by bus with her children in the morning to pay tribute at the memorial on behalf of the Awami League and Sheikh Hasina. Police detained her after she chanted slogans including “Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu”. She added that she had brought her children voluntarily.
Confirming the detention, Officer-in-Charge of Dhaka District (North) Detective Branch (DB) Saidul Islam told The Business Standard, “The woman had come on behalf of the Awami League and Sheikh Hasina. She also had a leaflet in the name of the Awami League and was chanting slogans. She has been taken into custody, and the process of taking legal action is underway.”
He added that the children accompanying her were not detained.
In a separate development, police detained two more individuals at the memorial later in the day under similar circumstances. The detainees were identified as Rakibul Islam Durjoy, 32 from Gauripur upazila in Mymensingh and Misti Subhash, 28 from Banchharampur in Brahmanbaria.
According to a press release by Dhaka District Police Superintendent Md Mizanur Rahman, all three were detained while attempting to place flower at the main altar on behalf of the banned Awami League and Sheikh Hasina.
Police said all three detainees are currently in custody at Ashulia Police Station, and legal proceedings against them are underway.
However, all three claimed after their detention that they did not hold any position in the Awami League or its affiliated bodies and had come to the memorial out of personal admiration for the party and Sheikh Hasina.
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