As part of beefed up security measures, a huge number security forces have been deployed in and around the central office of Jatiya Party located at Kakrail in the capital city of Dhaka since the morning on Saturday.
Inspector Pavel Hossain of Ramna police station said, "Jatiyo Party already cancelled their programmes following a ban on gatherings announced by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police [DMP] in the area. We still strengthened security as a precaution."
Earlier on Thursday night, the Kakrail office of the Jatiya Party had been vandalised and torched, followed by an announcement that the party would be holding a rally on Saturday.
The next day, on November 1, the Jatiyo Party called an emergency press briefing at its chairman's Banani office where party Chairman GM Quader announced holding the rally nonetheless.
"We will hold the rally on Saturday even if it costs us our lives… We will continue to fight for the betterment of the country, even if it kills us," he said.
Later in the evening, the DMP issued a public notice banning all public gatherings in the capital's Kakrail area on Saturday.
Afterwards, the Jatiyo Party postponed its plan to hold the rally in front of its central office stating that its decision was taken "respecting the law."
