Museum suspends exhibition of 4 national leaders
Photo: Agamir Somoy
An exhibition organized by the Liberation War Museum in memory of the four national leaders was suspended on Tuesday.
Several police officers were also deployed at the venue. Mofidul Hoque, trustee of the Liberation War Museum, said the decision to suspend the program was made at the request of law enforcement agencies.
When asked why the program was suspended, he told Agamir Somoy, “Law enforcement agencies requested to suspend the program as they considered the situation somewhat alarming. The decision to suspend the program was taken considering overall security.”
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Monirul Islam told Agamir Somoy, “The country’s situation is not good. On top of that, an exhibition program in memory of the four leaders without permission, which is why police have been deployed.”
In response to a question regarding whether police were obstructing the exhibition citing security reasons, the OC said, “Police did not obstruct the program. Cooperation was requested from the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs, which is why police have been deployed there.”
Under the organization of the Liberation War Museum, a 15-day special exhibition titled “The Four National Leaders in the Struggle for Independence” was scheduled to take place from 3 to 17 November.
The exhibition was scheduled to be inaugurated at 4 pm in gallery number 6 on the sixth floor of the museum. Former secretary and wartime government official Waliul Islam was scheduled to deliver a speech at the inaugural ceremony.
On 3 November 1975, Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain M Mansur Ali, and AHM Qamaruzzaman were killed in Dhaka Central Jail.
