According to local sources, local Awami League leaders and activists have taken to the streets to bring former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back to the country. At that time they gathered and protested by blocking the Dhaka-Khulna highway. Later, the army personnel came and asked the protestors to move off the road and they got angry. At this time they started throwing bricks at the army.

At one point, when army personnel fired lathicharge and blank rounds to disperse the crowd, the angry protesters vandalized an army vehicle and set it on fire. Read more

On the condition of anonymity, a local told the media, ‘We were carrying out a peaceful movement with various demands, including the return of Sheikh Hasina to the country. At that time, the army personnel got down from two army vehicles and asked us to leave the road. At this time there was a discussion with the excited crowd.

At one point, when the crowd threw bricks, the army personnel lathi-charged. At that time, when the army personnel fired to control the situation, two people, including a child, were shot dead. They were first admitted to Kashiani Upazila Hospital and later to Gopalganj 250 bedded General Hospital.

Lieutenant Colonel Maksudur Rahman of Gopalganj Camp confirmed the truth of the incident and said that three to four thousand people gathered in Gopinathpur area of ​​Sadar Upazila and blocked the road. When the soldiers asked them to move out of the road, they got agitated and started pelting bricks.

At one point they vandalized an army vehicle and set it on fire. Four soldiers were injured.

Awami League leaders and activists have been rallying and protesting in favor of Sheikh Hasina somewhere in Gopalganj for several days.