Prominent civil society members staged a protest in the capital on Monday, demanding speedy and exemplary punishment for the perpetrators of communal attacks in Bangladesh. The protest came in the wake of a series of attacks on the minority Hindus during Durga Puja celebrations.  Under the aegis of Sampriti Bangladesh, a citizens’ platform promoting secularism, a large crowd gathered at Central Shaheed Minar on Monday afternoon and placed a seven-point demand for maintaining religious harmony in the country. Read:Communal violence: Protesters stage demo at Shahbagh Holding placards and banners, the civil society activists demanded the necessary steps for the "complete eradication of fundamentalism" from the country. In fact, a total of 89 non-communal and pro-liberation organisations expressed solidarity with the protesters, Sampriti said.