Bangladesh apparently has become a ‘death pit’, says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. “There is wailing across the country. Seven people were abducted, killed and dumped in a river in Narayanganj,” she said. “Bricks had been tied to the bodies to ensure they weren’t found. But even then, the bodies rose to the surface,” Khaleda said while addressing a party programme at the National Press Club on Sunday afternoon. The BNP is holding a daylong mass hunger strike there in protest against engineered disappearances, murders, and cases against its activists. The BNP chief’s remarks were in obvious reference the recent abduction and murder of seven people, including one city corporation councillor, in Narayanganj. Their bodies were found floating in the Shitalakhya river several days after they were abducted on Apr 27. Khaleda again termed the incumbent government an illegal one. “The people are seeing what this government has done to the country after coming to power through force.” All its activities were illegal, she added. She said all law enforcement agencies including the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were being made to play a partisan role. But these agencies would be held accountable for these abductions and murders after the Awami League government is ousted, Khaleda warned. –bdnews24.com
