Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- Police on Monday prevented cultural activists from holding a human chain in the capital's Dhanmondi to protest the obstruction of female Baul singers in Sunamganj and other alleged attacks on cultural programmes across the country, detaining former Bangladesh Chhatra Union president Dipak Shil during a confrontation.

The activists gathered in front of Meena Bazar at Dhanmondi 27 around 4 pm under the banner of 'Protestive Artists and People' (Protiabadi Shilpi Janata) to protest what they described as attacks and aggression by groups acting in the name of 'Tawhidi Janata' against Baul music and other cultural events.

More than 100 police personnel were seen deployed in the area from around 3:30 pm ahead of the planned ...