Dhaka, Dec 17 (402 zia hall du)
The BNP will probe "mystery murders" that
have surfaced over the last few weeks if it comes to power in the next general
elections, party leader and former Dhaka mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka has said.
"Opposition leaders and activists are falling victims to extrajudicial killings in many parts of the country -- an uncanny echo of similar incidents between 1972 and '75. A conspiracy is on to destroy the country's independence through these killings," he said at the party metropolitan unit's joint meeting on Saturday.
Urging everyone to raise voice against these murders, unit convenor Khoka also asked to prepare the unit from the grassroots level for a movement against the present anarchy.
The meeting, held at the BNP city unit's Naya Paltan office, discussed the reception to be accorded on Sunday to freedom fighters at the capital's Engineers Institution, as also making Monday's rally to mark the Victory Day a success.
Recent incidents of alleged abduction and what the opposition party calls "extrajudicial killings" have made various human rights organisations, including the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), express concern.
In most cases, the victims were picked up by people in the guise of law enforcers, especially acting as Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel. Amid protests and criticisms, the law enforcement agency has denied the allegation.
DEATHS POSE POSERS
According to NHRC, at least 27 people have gone missing over the last month or so. Bodies of several victims were found later.
What is uncanny, says the opposition party, is many victims were BNP local-level leaders or activists. Among them was Ismail Hossain, a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the pro-BNP student body.
A former president of Chhatra Dal's ward-50 unit in Dhaka, Ismail went "missing" on Nov 28. His body was recovered, along with two others, from Dhalehswari river near Munshiganj on Dec 8.
Chhatra Dal members alleged that law enforcers had picked up the organisation's three leaders, including Ismail, from the capital's Hatirpul area. While Islamil's body surfaced 10 days later, the two others are still missing, the organisation claims.
The latest victim of such "mystery killings" is Jessore BNP leader Nazmul Islam, whose body was found in Gazipur on Dec 15 -- a day after he was abducted from the capital's Mohammadpur area while returning home in Dhanmondi.
At least seven bodies were recovered from Munshiganj's Dhalehswari river in the last seven days.
Saturday's meeting was the first time Khoka entered the Naya Paltan office since Dec 4, when he was injured during the citywide dawn-to-dusk strike called by the BNP that day to protest the bifurcation of Dhaka City Corporation. source : bdnews24bd
"Opposition leaders and activists are falling victims to extrajudicial killings in many parts of the country -- an uncanny echo of similar incidents between 1972 and '75. A conspiracy is on to destroy the country's independence through these killings," he said at the party metropolitan unit's joint meeting on Saturday.
Urging everyone to raise voice against these murders, unit convenor Khoka also asked to prepare the unit from the grassroots level for a movement against the present anarchy.
The meeting, held at the BNP city unit's Naya Paltan office, discussed the reception to be accorded on Sunday to freedom fighters at the capital's Engineers Institution, as also making Monday's rally to mark the Victory Day a success.
Recent incidents of alleged abduction and what the opposition party calls "extrajudicial killings" have made various human rights organisations, including the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), express concern.
In most cases, the victims were picked up by people in the guise of law enforcers, especially acting as Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel. Amid protests and criticisms, the law enforcement agency has denied the allegation.
DEATHS POSE POSERS
According to NHRC, at least 27 people have gone missing over the last month or so. Bodies of several victims were found later.
What is uncanny, says the opposition party, is many victims were BNP local-level leaders or activists. Among them was Ismail Hossain, a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the pro-BNP student body.
A former president of Chhatra Dal's ward-50 unit in Dhaka, Ismail went "missing" on Nov 28. His body was recovered, along with two others, from Dhalehswari river near Munshiganj on Dec 8.
Chhatra Dal members alleged that law enforcers had picked up the organisation's three leaders, including Ismail, from the capital's Hatirpul area. While Islamil's body surfaced 10 days later, the two others are still missing, the organisation claims.
The latest victim of such "mystery killings" is Jessore BNP leader Nazmul Islam, whose body was found in Gazipur on Dec 15 -- a day after he was abducted from the capital's Mohammadpur area while returning home in Dhanmondi.
At least seven bodies were recovered from Munshiganj's Dhalehswari river in the last seven days.
Saturday's meeting was the first time Khoka entered the Naya Paltan office since Dec 4, when he was injured during the citywide dawn-to-dusk strike called by the BNP that day to protest the bifurcation of Dhaka City Corporation. source : bdnews24bd
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