 The Bangladesh government banned further protests at the mine site.The father of the deceased has blamed activists for aggravating the crowd to pursue their own agenda.Gary Lye, chief executive of Asia Energy Corporation (Bangladesh) Pty Ltd, was quoted as saying, "It is up to the authorities to determine exactly what happened, but it would appear that the unforgivable events and the needless loss of life and suffering that took place yesterday in Phulbari are entirely the fault of the organisers (of the protest)".