BNP Chairperson Khaleda, who is now in London, has claimed that slain secular publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan was a follower of her husband and party founder Ziaur Rahman.
Party spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon quoted Khaleda as making the remark in a press release issued last evening under the official letterhead of the BNP.
In her statement, the BNP chief condemned the attacks on Jagriti publisher Dipan and Shuddhashar publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury Tutul.
Praying for the salvation of the departed soul, she said: “Slain Faisal Arefin Dipan was a vice-president of the Zia Smriti Pathagar [Zia memorial library] and a dedicated organiser inspired by the ideals of late president Ziaur Rahman.”
She also said: “This government has utterly failed in ensuring security of people’s lives and properties.”