BNP questions police inaction in New Market clashes

‘Govt has been staying in power by spreading fear in public mind’

FE Team | Published: April 20, 2022 23:03:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has questioned the inactive role of police in stopping the daylong clashes between shopkeepers and Dhaka College students in the city's New Market area that killed a courier service employee, reports UNB.
"A man was killed and several others were seriously injured in a series of clashes between students and businessmen in New Market area yesterday (Tuesday). My question is why police played an inactive role. A police officer said they were inactive for strategic reasons," he said.
The BNP leader came up with the remarks while speaking at a programme held at the party chairperson's Gulshan office in the city. The programme was organised to provide assistance and gifts ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr to the family members of the party leaders and activists who were killed, tortured and made disappeared.
Fakhrul wanted to know the explanation of the strategic reasons behind the law enforcers' inaction to stop violence.
The BNP leader said the current government has completely failed to run the country and deliver on all fronts. "This failed government has now turned the country into a failed state as they have no control anywhere and there is no accountability anywhere."
He also bemoaned that police and other departments of the government have no accountability, creating a lawlessness situation in the country.
Fakhrul alleged the current government has been staying in power by spreading fear in the public mind.
“Intimidating the entire state and society is the biggest weapon for a fascist regime to survive. The current failed and illegitimate Awami League government is still in power by creating a frightening situation all around,” he observed.
The BNP leader said the old cases filed against BNP leaders are being revived to divert people’s attention to a different direction from the ruling party leaders’ corruption.