UNB, Dhaka :
Sammilita Samajik Andolon, a platform to move forward the cause of civil society in Bangladesh on Friday demanded an end to the killing of people in petrol bomb and arson attacks in the name of political movement.
From a rally in front of the National Museum in the city, it also demanded the arrest and punishment of the killers of expatriate writer and blogger Avijit Roy.
Presided over by Sammilita Samajik Andolan president Ajoy Roy, also Avijit’s father, the rally was also addressed by
Oikya NAP president Pankaj Bhattacharya and noted economist MM Akash.
Criticising the governmet’s role in curbing violence, Pankaj Bhattacharya said it failed to arrest the killers and masterminds.
Describing the killing of Avijit Roy an attempt by militant and fanatic forces, Prof MM Akash said there is no place of such miilitants and fanatics in Bangladesh.
Avijit Roy, son of noted physicist Ajoy Roy and founder of Mukto-Mona blog, was killed and his wife Rafida Afrin Banya injured seriously as unidentified criminals stabbed them near TSC on the Dhaka University Campus on February 26. Avijit and Rafida, an expatriate couple living in the US, returned home a few days back as Avijit’s two books were published on the occasion of the Ekushey Book Fair.
Sammilita Samajik Andolon, a platform to move forward the cause of civil society in Bangladesh on Friday demanded an end to the killing of people in petrol bomb and arson attacks in the name of political movement.
From a rally in front of the National Museum in the city, it also demanded the arrest and punishment of the killers of expatriate writer and blogger Avijit Roy.
Presided over by Sammilita Samajik Andolan president Ajoy Roy, also Avijit’s father, the rally was also addressed by
Oikya NAP president Pankaj Bhattacharya and noted economist MM Akash.
Criticising the governmet’s role in curbing violence, Pankaj Bhattacharya said it failed to arrest the killers and masterminds.
Describing the killing of Avijit Roy an attempt by militant and fanatic forces, Prof MM Akash said there is no place of such miilitants and fanatics in Bangladesh.
Avijit Roy, son of noted physicist Ajoy Roy and founder of Mukto-Mona blog, was killed and his wife Rafida Afrin Banya injured seriously as unidentified criminals stabbed them near TSC on the Dhaka University Campus on February 26. Avijit and Rafida, an expatriate couple living in the US, returned home a few days back as Avijit’s two books were published on the occasion of the Ekushey Book Fair.
