Innocent People Being Picked up Under ‘Militant’ Label: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir stated today that innocent individuals are being picked up in the highlands and mislabeled as militants.

"They [the government] need this. because they want to demonstrate that Bangladesh has militants. They also need to maintain power in order to quell the extremists. Their fundamental objective is this. They want to demonstrate it to India and Western nations, according to Fakhrul.

He said this at the seventh memorial service for former Jatiya Party Chairman Kazi Zafar Ahmed, a member of a different Jatiya Party group.

"We understand that it is, in fact, the government itself that holds militant tendencies. The Awami League and the government engage in activities resembling militancy. They are responsible for the unjust killing of ordinary citizens and the denial of their rights, all while wrongfully accusing them of being militants," he asserted.

Fakhrul also criticized the government's handling of the six Chhatra Dal leaders who were detained over the weekend, claiming that they had been falsely accused.

He charged that the administration was trying to propagate misleading information and fool the populace. "The nation's citizens are now acutely conscious of their behaviors. They can't trick them anymore to keep their position of power.

He also criticized Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister, for calling the Zia family a family of murderers in a statement.