Staff Reporter :
BNP has called the interim government for taking measures to provide state benefits to the families of those who were disappeared and killed during the previous Hasina government.
Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of the party made this demand at a rally organised in front of the BNP central office in Naya Paltan on Friday, marking International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
Mirza Fakhrul said, “The people have gotten rid of the horrific and tyrannical government through the student and people’s movement. We can now breathe freely.”
Earlier on Thursday, chief Adviser of the interim government Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus signed the international convention against enforced disappearances.
The BNP leader also called for an investigation into all the killings that occurred under the Awami League government to be conducted under the supervision of the United Nations.
“There are still many conspiracies to undermine the victory of freedom-loving people. Therefore, BNP leaders and activists must remain united and vigilant.
Those involved in disappearances and killings under the guise of various security forces should be identified and brought to exemplary justice.”
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said in the rally, “On the night of March 10, 2015, around 9:30pm, I was abducted from a house in Uttara by people identifying themselves as law enforcement. I was then kept in a dark room.”
He alleged, “The main person responsible for enforced disappearances was Benazir Ahmed and Ziaul Hasan. Ziaul Hasan should be interrogated thoroughly.
Such interrogation will reveal all the information about the disappearances and killings.”
Another BNP Standing Committee Member, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, said, “The real story behind the enforced disappearances and killings during Sheikh Hasina’s government needs to be uncovered.
Sheikh Hasina was the chief architect of this campaign of disappearances and killings.”
A huge number of the party leaders and activists gathered in the event with banners and placards chanting different slogans.