BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir condemned the Special Court verdict handing down life imprisonment to former BNP MP Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu in the BDR carnage case on Tuesday.
Terming his conviction ‘unfair,’ he claimed that the former BNP lawmaker had no connection with the massacre in 2009.
“The government has hatched a conspiracy against BNP’s central Assistant Organisational Secretary Nasiruddin Pintu by framing him in a false case. He has been held in prison for more than four years in the dubious case filed in connection with the killings that took place inside the Pilkhana Headquarters of the BDR,” said Fakhrul in a press briefing at party’s Nayapaltan headquarters immediately after the BDR carnage verdict came out on Tuesday.
“He has been punished for a crime that was committed by someone else. We strongly condemn this farce and demand his immediate and unconditional release,” Fakhrul said.
He said through media a number of Awami League leaders’ names came to forefront for their involved with the BDR carnage.
However, those leaders were not taken under cognisance, alleged spokesperson of the opposition party.
When asked about the party’s stance regarding the trial, Fakhrul said, “We have no comments over the process. It is the BDR’s concern.”
“Our leader Nasiruddin Ahmed was implicated unjustly, that is why we protest this verdict.” said Fakhrul.