Police Attack on Journalists
Moudud asks Shahara to quit
BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed yesterday demanded resignation of Home Minister Shahara Khatun and blamed her inexperience for the recent "actions" of policemen.
“Journalists and lawyers are being tortured by police, even the girls are being harassed in court area. Yet the minister said the behaviour of police was improving, while the state minister suggested newsmen to keep distance from police”, he said, addressing a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club.
Moudud said the home minister and her deputy had no experience to run an important ministry like that of home affairs, and that was why they had failed to discharge their duties properly. Both of them should resign right away, he said.
“Law and order situation is deteriorating rapidly. Police could not find out Ilias Ali as yet. The killers of journalist couple Sagor-Runi and Saudi diplomat are still out of reach”, said the former minister, adding that this was nothing but a total failure of the government.
International Dialogue Aid Foundation, a pro-opposition body, organised the human chain demanding release of the opposition leaders, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
At a different human chain at the press club organised by Shadinota Forum, another standing committee member of the BNP, MK Anwar, demanded release of all political leaders without further delay.
The government is withdrawing cases filed against the ruling party men while suing opposition leaders one after another, he said.
Keraniganj BNP organised another human chain at the same place, demanding release of Amanullah Aman and other BNP leaders.
At the programme, BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan urged the party men to make the June 11 rally a success. “It will not bring any good if the government fails to release the opposition leaders by June 10”, he warned.
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