Police need to rescue Salahuddin to prove he was not detained by them: NHRC chief

Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Mizanur Rahman has said that it is for police to unveil the mystery surrounding the “disappearance” of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 28 March 2015, 10:21 AM
Updated : 28 March 2015, 01:29 PM

He said police need to rescue the “missing” BNP leader to vindicate their claim of not detaining him.

His comments come 18 days after the BNP joint secretary general went ‘missing’.

His family claims law-enforcers had picked him up from a house at Uttara, while authorities denied detaining Salahuddin.

Speaking at a discussion on Saturday, the HR commission chief reminded police that it was their job to solve the mystery.

Salahuddin Ahmed (File Photo)

“You claim that Salahuddin Ahmed was not detained and that police are trying to trace him.

“I will only believe police’s claim when they will produce him before public or a court,” Rahman said, addressing police chief AKM Shahidul Haque.

According to Rahman, whoever is in opposition in Bangladesh suffers the oppression of ruling party. “How can we accept that a man can go missing just because of his political stance?”

He held the local administration responsible for Friday’s deaths in a stampede in Narayanganj.

“Platoons of police and RAB are posted during the Ijtema in Tongi, the same arrangement should have been made in Narayanganj too.”

Stating that the recent spurt in arson attacks on land offices across the country is part of a conspiracy, Rahman said government should take steps to seize the land of those who grab the land belonging to minorities.