UNB, Dhaka :Denouncing the killing of an Italian citizen in the capital, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the incident has happened due to a serious slide in the country’s law and order situation.”An Italian citizen was killed by criminals in the city on Monday. We strongly condemn it. We think such an incident has taken place for lack of political space and serious deterioration in the law and order situation,” he said.Talking to reporters at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, he further said, “We think ensuring the security of foreigners is one of the important responsibilities of the government. We also denounce the government’s failure to ensure the security of the slain foreigner.”After nearly nine months, Fakhrul went to the BNP office around 11am and talked to journalists about the country’s law and order situation and some other issues.The BNP acting secretary last visited the party office in the last week of December 2014. Later, he had been arrested on December 6 and released on bail from jail on July 14 this year. Miscreants gunned down Italian citizen Cesare Tavella, 50, on Monday evening in the city’s Gulshan area.
