BSS, Dhaka :
Awami League Joint General Secretary and Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said the demand for scrapping law in case of any death in prison is tantamount to lawlessness.
“If someone is arrested under a law and dies naturally in prison, then is it needed to scrap the act or repeal all laws?” he posed a question.
He said these on Thursday while talking to reporters at the meeting room of his ministry at Secretariat in the capital.
Criticizing the ‘civil society’, the minister said the number of the people who are demanding scrapping law is a very few. There are vast population in Bangladesh and a few people who always stand in front of the press club and raise voice against the government do not represent the whole population.
He said the Digital Security Act (DSA) has been enacted to ensure security to all.
He said different countries have such act and arrests and punishments are being made under the law. “But we are very much careful while applying the act and it is not acceptable to abuse the act,” he said.
Replying to another query on the proposal of withdrawal the title of Ziaur Rahman, Hasan said, at first the role of Ziaur Rahman in the Liberation War was mysterious though he was a sector commander.
“The houses came under attack from where a glass of water was offered to the freedom fighters during the country’s liberation struggle. Then how Zia’s wife and his sons took shelter as guests in the cantonment of Pakistani? This is mysterious,” he added.
Secondly, the minister said, a Pakistani army official wrote a letter to Ziaur Rahman that they (Pakistani) are happy on his (Zia) activities.
