UNB, Dhaka :
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday termed mockery the surrender of Yaba traders to police in Cox’s Bazar.
“They (govt) have been talking about various steps to prevent drugs over the last 12 years, but failed to bring down drug addiction. The country has got ruined due to drug abuse. What you’re seeing (in the name of surrender of Yaba traders) is a mockery,” he said.
The BNP leader came up with the remarks while speaking at a discussion on women and children repression arranged by
BNP at the Jatiya Press Club. On Saturday, 102 Yaba traders, including 29 godfathers, as termed by the police, surrendered to Cox’s Bazar police along with 3.5 lakh Yaba tablets and 30 firearms at Teknaf Pilot High School’s playground.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal attended the surrender programme as the chief guest while Inspector General of Police Dr Javed Patwary was present as a special guest.
Mosharraf, a BNP standing committee member, said listed drug traders suddenly surrendered to police in presence of the Home Minister and the IGP. “We would like to ask why police didn’t arrest them earlier and put them on trial when they had the list of the drug traders. Now they (Yaba traders) are being implicated in cases in such a way so that they can come out of jail through the loopholes of the laws.”
The BNP leader said police could not take action against those ruling party men involved in drug peddling.
He alleged that women and children are being subjected to continuous repression in the country though a female Prime Minister has been in power for over a decade.
Mosharraf said the country has been witnessing erosion in social and moral values for lack of democracy in the country. “To get rid of the current situation, we must restore democratic atmosphere in society and people’s rights.”
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday termed mockery the surrender of Yaba traders to police in Cox’s Bazar.
“They (govt) have been talking about various steps to prevent drugs over the last 12 years, but failed to bring down drug addiction. The country has got ruined due to drug abuse. What you’re seeing (in the name of surrender of Yaba traders) is a mockery,” he said.
The BNP leader came up with the remarks while speaking at a discussion on women and children repression arranged by
BNP at the Jatiya Press Club. On Saturday, 102 Yaba traders, including 29 godfathers, as termed by the police, surrendered to Cox’s Bazar police along with 3.5 lakh Yaba tablets and 30 firearms at Teknaf Pilot High School’s playground.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal attended the surrender programme as the chief guest while Inspector General of Police Dr Javed Patwary was present as a special guest.
Mosharraf, a BNP standing committee member, said listed drug traders suddenly surrendered to police in presence of the Home Minister and the IGP. “We would like to ask why police didn’t arrest them earlier and put them on trial when they had the list of the drug traders. Now they (Yaba traders) are being implicated in cases in such a way so that they can come out of jail through the loopholes of the laws.”
The BNP leader said police could not take action against those ruling party men involved in drug peddling.
He alleged that women and children are being subjected to continuous repression in the country though a female Prime Minister has been in power for over a decade.
Mosharraf said the country has been witnessing erosion in social and moral values for lack of democracy in the country. “To get rid of the current situation, we must restore democratic atmosphere in society and people’s rights.”
