Staff Reporter :
General Secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader on Saturday said, mistakes might take place in a big task like the anti-drug drive.
He said, the government will investigate the killing of Teknaf councilor Ekramul Haque. ‘Ekram was our party activist. The home minster had issued a statement already on the issue. So, I do not want to say anything more. If Ekram was not involved with drug dealing those who are responsible for his death will be punished,’ Quader said after launching a new bus service for women in Dhaka.
The anti-drug drive has already got support from the people of all strata.
Prime Minister gave instruction to the law enforcers to be careful during the anti-narcotics drives. If any person willfully creates chaos, he will not be spared.
Rapid Action Battalion claimed that Akram was killed in a “gunfight” between the elite force and drug dealers in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar on May 27.
Terming it a planned killing, Akram’s wife Ayesha Begum demanded judicial probe into the incident, and urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to ensure justice.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) launched its own anti-narcotics operation on May 4, while the Police Headquarters on May 16 instructed all police units across the country to conduct special anti-narcotics drives.
At least 129 people were killed in the incidents of the so-called shootouts across the country in 19 days till yesterday.
