Describing what exactly happened at the Khulna Press Club (KPC), Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Saturday night said the protesters wanted to meet him to lodge their complaint.
"After my meeting with the KPC officials, I came downstairs to meet them. We patiently heard their complaints and assured them that we would convey their message to the authorities concerned. We had tea and biscuits," he said, adding that after about 30 minutes they left the KPC for Dhaka.
In a post from his verified Facebook account, Alam said they went to Khulna on Saturday afternoon on a day-long trip.
He was with two of his press team colleagues.
"We held a press briefing at the Khulna DC office. After the press meet, we visited Khulna University. Later, we stopped at the Khulna Press Club, which was set ablaze during the anti-Hasina mass uprising," Alam said.
When the KPC officials were showing them some of the torched rooms of the club, some 200 student protesters came to its compound with a procession, said the Press Secretary.
They (protesters) were chanting slogans, demanding the resignation of the Khulna Metropolitan Commissioner.
"I heard from journalists that they had been staging protests over the last three days," Alam added.