Thousands of people from different walks of life thronged Shahbagh to take part in the namaz-e-janaza of Shahbagh activist Ahmed Rajib Haidar at 'Projonmo Chattar' in the capital Saturday afternoon.
The law enforcers, however, could not arrest anyone in connection with the murder of the blogger till filing of this report in the evening, according to police.
After the first namaz-e-janaza at Shahbagh which began at 5:53pm, relatives left the venue to take Haidar’s body to his residence at Pallabi for another janaza.
The second namaz-e-janaza of Haidar was held at Palashngar in the capital's Mirpur area in the city’s Mirpur area around 7:45pm.
The protesters, who abandoned the plan to curtail the demonstration to seven hours from 3:00pm every day, maintained a solemn silence as the ambulance carrying Rajib’s body reached the venue around 5:30pm.
Maulana Syed Emdaduddin who led the prayer said he was proud to lead the namaz-e-janaza during such an auspicious moment of the country’s history.
Sajeeb Wajed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also joined the janaza of Rajib at Shahbagh.
Joy later expressed his solidarity with the protesters demanding death penalty to all war criminals.
Haidar’s body will be kept in a mortuary for the night. He would be buried at their village home in Kapasia of Gazipur on Sunday.
Heavily stabbed body of the 30-year-old blogger was found lying near his house at Pallabi in the capital Friday night.
Meanwhile, Rajib's father Nazimuddin filed a murder case with Pallabi Police Station Saturday morning against some unknown criminals.
Talking to The Daily Star, Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge of the police station, said they could not arrest anyone till filing of the report around 6:00pm.
Earlier in the morning, the government has shutdown pro-Jamaat blog Sonarbangla that had been carrying out propaganda against Rajib over the last few days, an official of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission confirmed The Daily Star.
The Shahbagh protesters have been demanding immediate arrest of the killers and banning of the pro-Jamaat blog for few days.
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