Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- Police used baton-charge, tear gas, and water cannon to disperse independent Ebtedayi madrasa teachers protesting at Shahbagh intersection this afternoon.

The teachers, demanding nationalisation of independent Ebtedayi madrasa, attempted to breach a police barricade in front of the National Museum to submit a memorandum to the Chief Advisor's office

Several teachers, injured in the incident, were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital by rickshaw, according to local media.

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