bdnews24.com :
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), which is under fire for allegedly carrying out extrajudicial killings, has been defended by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who says the force is always working in line with the laws.
His remark comes after a Dhaka court ordered a judicial enquiry into the death of Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Arzu Mia in a ‘gunfight’ with RAB.
Arzu was accused of beating local teenager Mohammed Raja to death on Aug 16 for alleged theft before he was killed.
Kamal at the Secretariat on Tuesday told reporters, “It can’t be said for sure whether RAB is responsible for Arzu’s death. The matter is still being probed.”
“We’ll work following the directives of the court,” he said.
Asked whether RAB gets specific orders, he said, “This is nothing new. It’s a law-enforcement agency. They are always told to work staying within legal boundaries.”
Dhaka-10 MP Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has claimed that Arzu was murdered and said the government could not function depending on RAB which was formed during the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami coalition government.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), which is under fire for allegedly carrying out extrajudicial killings, has been defended by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who says the force is always working in line with the laws.
His remark comes after a Dhaka court ordered a judicial enquiry into the death of Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Arzu Mia in a ‘gunfight’ with RAB.
Arzu was accused of beating local teenager Mohammed Raja to death on Aug 16 for alleged theft before he was killed.
Kamal at the Secretariat on Tuesday told reporters, “It can’t be said for sure whether RAB is responsible for Arzu’s death. The matter is still being probed.”
“We’ll work following the directives of the court,” he said.
Asked whether RAB gets specific orders, he said, “This is nothing new. It’s a law-enforcement agency. They are always told to work staying within legal boundaries.”
Dhaka-10 MP Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has claimed that Arzu was murdered and said the government could not function depending on RAB which was formed during the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami coalition government.
