The BNP has alleged that Awami League resorted to killing opposition men to thwart the 20-party alliance’s ongoing movement for a mid-term poll under a caretaker administration.
The party yesterday also alleged that the government had given “licence to the law enforcers for secret killing.”
“The illegal government’s law enforcement agencies again resorted to killing opposition leaders and activists in the name of so called gunfight,” Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, joint secretary general of the party, said in a press release issued from a hideout.
The government forces were given licence to commit crimes against humanity – enforced disappearance and secret killing, he said.
“Police, RAB and detectives are picking up our leaders and activists from their homes while their dead bodies are recovered from other places,” he claimed while blaming the government agents for sabotage, including arson attacks and killing innocent people.
The statement said resignation of the incumbent government was the only solution to the political crisis. “An inclusive election under a non-partisan government will only end the prevailing political crisis and it is the demand of the people of the country.”
Meanwhile, the alliance yesterday drew the attention of international community and rights bodies to “extra judicial killings.”
A press release of the alliance signed by BNP Vice-Chairman Selima Rahman said: “The top brass of the ruling party are provoking law enforcers to shoot on sight, killing people without trial and instigating party cadres to take laws in their own hands.
“In the name of joint force drive, law enforcers are repressing the opposition supporters, vandalising their houses and even assaulting family members in various places.”
Claiming that their ongoing movement is logical, the alliance warned of dire consequences if the government did not shun the path of repression.
Through the statement the alliance asked all quarters to exercise restraint and patience to create a congenial atmosphere to reach a consensus leaving the path of vengeance and confrontation.
Calling upon the law enforcers to act neutrally, the alliance said the law enforcers were not their opposition. “We hope that they will refrain themselves from carrying out any illegal order and will uphold people’s hopes and aspirations.”
