A procession was taken out from within the Arts Building of the D. U. a few minutes before 11 a.m
Meanwhile, reports of a heavy police cordon at Dacca College and Jagannath College and tear-gassing upon Jagannath College students reached the assemblage of Students and public at the University. The different processions that converged at the University Arts Building surfed forward towards the Court, shouting slogans.
The gathering clouds
The first Major Police action was to follow shortly in front of the main entrance of the High Court, The Govt. House Road running between the High Court and the Curzon Hall was already seething with tension. The strikers had earlier intercepted a member of cars and punctured their tyres, while battered and up turned automobiles by all over the street, stray fracas between the Police, armed with lathis, and the strikers marked the preceding hours.
Large groups of excited demonstrators in front of the Curzon Hall main gate had already set fire on a Mercedes Benz of a Provincial Minister, Khawaja Hasan Askari. The Minister's car was coming toward the Secretariat when it was interrupted by the picketers. The Minister was made, to gel down from the car after which it was set a fire. The Minister then walked down to the Secretariat.
The procession then purshed its way without any resistance from the police. Several hundreds of Students from Jagannath College, in the meantime, caught up with the main procession. Police pickets were posted near the main entrance to the High Court Building. Motor cade of the Fire Brigade which had rushed to rescue the ill-fated car failed to reach the spot in the face of the huge procession.
And then the thunder
The procession avoided clash with the Police and turned towards Abdul Ghani Road in front of the Secretariat. Half of the procession took this route without any visible resistance from the Police. After some pelting by the precisionists, the police force jumped out of their trucks and attacked the demonstrators. A stampede followed. Two rounds of shots were fired. I found a man bending over his knees in acute pain. He was forced inside the Commissioner’s office. A young boy, hardly 10, was also injured. The demonstrators at this stage retaliated with brick batting. The Police also charged them with lathis and dispersed the procession.
The percussionists, however, re-assembled and regaining their depleted strength forced their way through Abdul Ghani Road. Although brick batting from both sides were frequent, the procession proceeded unhindered towards the Nawabpur Tailgate through Jinnah Avenue.
