‘July Warriors’ Block Road in Shahbagh Without Knowing the Reason

Staff Correspondent

July fighters have blocked Shahbagh intersection in the capital demanding the swift implementation of the July Declaration and July Charter and their inclusion in the permanent provisions. The road blockade program has been going on in Shahbagh for two consecutive days amid the rain.

They have been blocking the road since Friday morning, August 1. However, none of the blockers could say why they blocked Shahbagh.

This is one such person. In a video circulating on social media, a journalist asked him why he and his companions were blocking the road in Shahbagh; in response to such a question, he said, “We blocked Shahbagh to achieve our just demands. I was injured in the July movement, my sister was martyred.”

He was asked, “What are your just demands?” The young man, the ‘July Warrior’, could not give any answer to that question. Rather, his speech and manner of speaking made it seem as if he was drugged and in a daze.

In response to a journalist’s question, he said, “I can’t really say what the claim is now. We haven’t been informed.”

The video of this question being discussed has gone viral on social media.

Meanwhile, the closure of Shahbagh intersection in the capital has caused severe traffic jams on all surrounding roads. Pedestrians are suffering greatly due to this. As Shahbagh is blocked, vehicles are being diverted from the roads in front of Katabon intersection, Intercontinental intersection, Matsyabhaban intersection and Shahbagh police station.