I was hung and beaten at DB office: Abu Baker | July Uprising

This is a news article published by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) on July 31, 2025, featuring an interview with Abu Baker Mojumder, a Dhaka University Geology student and key coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during Bangladesh's 2024 July Uprising. The article details his personal background, his role in organizing the quota reform protests that ultimately contributed to the fall of the Awami League government, and the torture he suffered while in detention. Main Topics Covered Movement Organization: How the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement was strategically built, including deliberate tactics such as front-lining female students and using inclusive, non-partisan branding to maximize participation Detention and Torture: Abu Baker's account of being physically beaten and hung while held by the Detective Branch (DB) police, and being coerced into reading a prepared statement calling for withdrawal from the movement Key Turning Points: The June 5 High Court quota reinstatement, the July 15 Chhatra League attacks on protesters, the killing of Abu Sayeed, and the nationwide internet shutdown Personal Experiences: Witnessing deaths at Chankharpul intersection on August 5, 2024, which he describes as his most haunting memory from the uprising

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