Dhaka: The 34th BCS Non-Cadre Forum on Saturday staged a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in the capital demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts from those who passed the 34th Bangladesh Cadre Service examinations.  

Sources said the agitators under the banner of the 34th BCS Passed Non-Cadre Forum staged a sit-in at about 11:00am and put barricade on the intersection at about 11:10am, halting vehicular movement in the area.

Later, police charged baton on the agitators to disperse them.  

The law enforcers also arrested five agitators from the spot, said officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station Abu Bakar Siddik.