Ganajagaran Mancha demands justice for Avijit murder

Ganajagaran Mancha has demanded immediate arrest and trial of those linked to the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy.

Spokesperson of the secular platform Imran H Sarker made the demand while speaking at a sit-in demonstration in front of the National Museum on Friday.

The programme was organised to press for the quick execution of death verdict of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman.

Extremist militants are blamed for the Feb 26 murder of Avijit, an advocate of secularism and free thinking.

“We will have to arrest and punish quickly those involved in the murder of Avijit and also expedite war crimes trial in order to eliminate these terrorists, militants.”

He said, with the start of the trial of suspected war criminals after 43 years of independence, Bangladesh could shake off, to a certain extent, from the culture of impunity.

“So, we’ll have to try those linked to the murders of Avijit, Humayun Azad and Ahmed Rajib Haider in order to keep the process of trial ongoing,” Sarker said.

Legendary writer Humayun Azad was hacked near the Amar Ekushey Book Fair where Avijit too was hacked. Blogger Rajib was hacked near his house at Mirpur.

Sarker said the force behind the murders should be uprooted now or else they would get stronger.

The Mancha activists took out a candle-lit march to the site where Avijit was hacked.

They returned after observing a minute’s silence there.