Retired defence officers, families hold rally at Mirpur DOHS
Staff Correspondent
Residents in the capital’s Mirpur DOHS (Defence Officer Housing Scheme) brought out a procession and held a rally amid heavy rains on Friday, expressing solidarity to the ongoing student movement across the country.
Several thousand people joined the programme chanting slogans demanding the trial of the killings of more than 200 people including students.
Participants were seen carrying a banner inscribing ‘the call of retired defence officers, JCO and others’ in front of the procession.
The Mirpur DOHS is one of several Defence Officer Housing Scheme (DOHS) in the country. DOHS is mainly a residential area of retired defence personnel.
The procession started at 5:00 pm and paraded the entire DOHS area and ended in front of the DOHS Cultural Centre. Family members of the retired defence officials, especially women, also participated in the programme.
The procession was followed by holding a rally where several retired senior army persons addressed the gathering expressing their support to the on-going movement.
