By the time this report was filed, several hundred job seekers were standing on the road in front of the Yamuna, blocking vehicular traffic in the area.

One of the protesters, Ronnie Jowarder, told Pratham Alu that they first gathered at the Shahbagh intersection and later came in front of the chief adviser’s residence, where police fired tear gas shells and hurled sound grenades, killing many of them. Many were injured.