Government trying to safeguard killers, says BNP

The government has blamed the opposition for the recent targeted killings as part of its ploy to safeguard the ‘real killers', says the BNP.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 30 April 2016, 10:39 AM
Updated : 30 April 2016, 10:40 AM

“Whenever someone is murdered, the play the same old music of blaming the BNP and Jamaat,” senior BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan told a discussion on Saturday.

He said that the investigators do not dare to report the findings of the probe when the government blame someone immediately after an incident.

“The killings continue for these reasons, because the real perpetrators are being safeguarded,” said the BNP standing committee member.

So far, four people, including an LGBT rights activist and a university professor, have been murdered in targeted killings by machete-wielding suspected Islamist militants this year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said recently that the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami were behind the killings in an effort to destabilise the country.

“Stop making these remarks. The BNP does not believe in the politics of murder and terrorism,” BNP leader Nazrul said, pointing to the government.

He said that the BNP had repeatedly offered its cooperation to bring the perpetrators to justice. “It needs to be probed now why there’s an attempt to safeguard the killers.”