Main opposition in parliament Jatiya Party yesterday demanded formation of a special tribunal immediately to try the criminals responsible for the abduction and murder of seven people including a Narayanganj City Corporation ward councillor and a lawyer.
The party, led by former military dictator HM Ershad, also urged the president to convene a special session of the House to discuss over the incidents.
On behalf of the party, its Secretary General Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu yesterday placed the demands to the president and the government from a human chain in front of the National Press Club.
JaPa organised the event to protest the recent abduction, killings and enforced disappearances across the country.
He alleged that the government had failed to ensure the people’s constitutional rights.
“The government is responsible for the incidents [in Narayanganj] and if the government does not take necessary action against killings and enforced disappearances, then we will launch mass movement against the government,” Bablu said.
“Incidents like enforced disappearance, abduction and killing cannot be allowed in an independent and civilised country like Bangladesh. We do not want to do politics centring these issues.”
He observed: “As there is no session in parliament, we cannot strongly protest the incidents discuss on it. For that reason, we have taken to the street to protest the incidents.”
Other leaders of the party demanded exemplary punishment to the killers and sought the right to natural death of every citizen of the country.
