Bishwajit Killing
PM, home minister must take responsibility
Says MK Anwar
Accusing the government of being involved in the killing of Bishwajit Das, BNP Standing Committee Member MK Anwar yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir must take responsibility for the killing.
“You (the government) killed Bishwajit with your thugs. So, the prime minister and the home minister must take responsibility for the killing of the innocent youth,†he told a discussion in the capital's Jatiya Press Club.
Jatiya Nagorik Sangsad, a pro-opposition body, organised the discussion marking Victory Day.
On December 9, some 10 to 12 activists of pro-Awami League student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) beat and hacked Bishwajit, a 24-year-old tailor, to death near the capital's Victoria Park during a countrywide road blockade enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance.
Meanwhile, senior BNP leader Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah termed the prime minister's press secretary's statement on the killing “a big forgeryâ€, stating that such statements can not be expected from the office of the head of the government.
“Civilised people and those who believe in democracy and the rule of law can not even imagine such type of words,†he told a human chain organised by Jatiyatabadi Diploma Engineers' Association before the press club.
Briefing journalists at the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday, the press secretary, Abul Kalam Azad, claimed that nobody from BCL killed Bishwajit.
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