Mukto-Mona blog founder Avijit Roy’s wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya has called upon the countrymen to be united to thwart the killing missions of the radical Islamists.
“The unfortunate incidents taking place in the country are premeditated and the outcome of a long-hatched plot. Their number is growing fast – thanks to our collective failure,” Bonya said in a blog post yesterday.
She said that law enforcers should uproot militancy from the country by arresting the masterminds. “Arresting a couple of hired killers and trying them, issuing press release will not bring any result,” said Bonya who also sustained injuries on February 26 when Avijit was hacked to death at Dhaka University.
She said that like Dipan’s father she also did not demand trial of the killers. “Only talks will not do. We have to break the system from inside and resist them before they take the lead.”
The blogger alleged that the so-called secular government was patronising the radicals by not taking stern action against the killers. “Your silence is inspiring them, you know it. You better keep mum, we will not ask you to ensure justice,” she wrote, adding that radicals had gained much strength since 1980s.
“Our mourning does not create another ‘52, ‘69 or ‘71. The repressive state has stunned us successfully, now we are scared and helpless … May be we will be tried under section 57 if we raise our voice,” she said, condemning the bail of a suspected militant arrested in connection with the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.