Govt on nabbing spree: BNP

The BNP has alleged that the government has launched a “new nabbing drive” to arrest Opposition activist to scuttle their proposed movement after Eid.

“The ruling party is terrified by our proposed movement we plan after Eid. They fear ouster , so in this holy month of Ramadan, they have launched a vicious campaign of torture and persecution,” BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told a press briefing on Friday morning .

“They are using the law enforcement agencies to arrest BNP and other opposition activists and they are being threatened at home,” he said.

“Thousands of our members have left their homes. Police is extorting money from them,” Rizvi said.

The briefing was held at the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters.

“On July 4 Ashulia Juba Dal Vice President and an elected Union Parishad member Aminur Rahman was arrested when he came out of a mosque. Police arrested him in connection with an old case and tortured him horribly,” he said.

“BNP leader Rafique, Mintu and seven or eight others were arrested without any real reason from Kalyanpur. We are getting reports of arrests from all over the country.”

“The government has gone mad. Ministers are talking provocative nonsense to save their jobs. One minister has threatened to kill the BNP chairperson,” he said.

“I will only say that corrupt criminal politicians and touts will never escape the cruelty of time and the revenge of fate,” he warned.

Rizvi said the head of the government was backing ‘godfathers’ who were torturing the nation.

He said the Parliament was illegal and did not represent the people. “The make-believe election of January 5 was nothing but a cruel joke. It is a hateful thing to the democratic world.”

“The Parliament has become an entertainment show. They don’t pass laws for the people there,” he said.