Tough movement from Sunday if Ilias Ali not traced: Fakhrul
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said his party chairperson gave four more days to locate missing Ilias Ali and his driver so that the government can find out an exit route from this incident.
“The flame of movement will be raging across the country from Sunday if the government fails to return Ilias and his driver by Saturday. The government will not be able to douse the flame,” he said while addressing a discussion at Jatiya Press Club organised by student leaders of 90s.
Aman Ullah Aman, former vice president of Dhaka University Central Students Union, presided over the meeting.
Ilias, a former general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chatra Dal (JCD) who was active in anti-autocrat movement in 80s, went missing on April 17 from the capital. BNP blames the government's agencies for the "disappearance" of Ilias Ali and his driver for which Khaleda Zia on Tuesday issued a four-day ultimatum for getting back them.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, however, termed Ilias Ali's "disappearance" "a drama" saying Ilias went into hiding following Khaleda Zia's direction to raise an issue of forging movement.
Meanwhile, BNP standing committee member Afiqul Islam Mia yesterday threatened the government to make the country paralysed through movement if Ilias and his driver are not returned to their families.
While addressing a human chain before the press club, he said the government's men have kept Ilias Ali hostage. But the home minister and its state minister are now silent.
A pro-opposition organisation Swadhinota Forum organised the human chain.
At a press briefing at the national press club, former minister and BNP leader Nazmul Huda urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to sit with leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia to overcome the ongoing crises of the country.
He, however, said hartal is the only effective way to mount pressure on the government.
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