The BNP yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s statement that BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami members had begun carrying out secret killings after the failure of firebomb and arson attacks could hamper the proper investigation into the recent murders.
“This sort of statement may be an obstacle to a fair probe,” BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon told a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan office.
“The BNP always does democratic politics. We do not believe in killing and the politics of killing. What the prime minister said about the BNP is a complete lie.”
Criticising Awami League leader Mahbubul Alam Hanif, he said: “Hanif’s statement has stunned the whole nation. The statement is not only out of political norms but is also against social norms.”
The BNP leader said he was hopeful that the government would be willing to conduct a proper investigation into the killings.
“The ruling party is trying to hurt the BNP. If its leaders do not abandon such conspiracies, the real killers cannot be captured.”