In pictures: The removal of SC sculpture

A group of people, with hammers and a chisel, are removing the statue of Lady Justice | Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Sculptor Mrinal Haque approaches the locked High Court gate to speak to journalists | Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Law enforcers guard the Supreme Court gate while the statue is being removed | Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Protesters chant slogans against the removal of the statue | Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

A crowd, at the locked gate of the Supreme Court, protest the removal of the statue | Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

The statue is completely removed from its spot and hoisted up by a crane | Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

The statue is in chains and is being loaded in a pick-up truck | Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

The statue is laid down on the blue pick-up truck, headed towards the south side of the Supreme Court premises | Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune