BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed grave concerns over the government's failure to arrest the ‘cadres’ of the Awami League and its associate bodies, who were involved in shooting students during protests against Sheikh Hasina’s regime, UNB reported.
"Why have the Chhatra League and Jubo League cadres and activists, who shot at students, still not been arrested?" he questioned the interim government on Sunday.
Talking to reporters at the BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave, Rizvi said it is incomprehensible why the government is unable to track down those responsible for the deaths of Abu Sayed, Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho and many other innocent students.
The BNP leader warned that if the culprits involved in the mass killings during the student-led uprising are not brought to justice, they may resort to even more destructive acts of sabotage.
Rizvi, accompanied by MA Malek, the President of the UK chapter of the BNP, who returned home after a long time, visited Zia’s grave and placed a wreath there, paying homage to the BNP founder.
They also offered Fathea and a munajat seeking the salvation of Zia’s departed soul.
Rizvi noted that many influential Awami League leaders crossed into India after the mass uprising without facing any challenges or barriers at the border.
“India did not check their passports. They didn't even need visas. But the ordinary people of Bangladesh need passports and visas when they go to India,” he observed.
He recalled that BNP leader Salauddin Ahmed was illegally dropped by the RAB and Police on India territory after making him disappear for nearly two months.
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