Hefazat demands trial for Shapla Chattar carnage

Leaders of Bangladesh Hefazat-e-Islam have demanded justice in the Shapla Chattar carnage in 2013 and withdrawal of all cases filed against Hefazat leaders and activists during the past fascist regime, reports BSS.
The leaders made the demand at a grand rally held at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday, reports BSS.
"The people of Bangladesh could  not enjoy freedom for the last 15 years. Our second independence has been achieved through the July 24 uprising. I want justice for the killings at Shapla Chattar and the anti-Modi movement," Hefazat Amir Mawlana Shah Muhibullah Babunagari said.
"Indian fascism and Awami brokers must be brought to justice. There will be no place for fascists in the country," he said.
Hefazat Amir said the rights of minorities must be guaranteed with priorities and warned the interim government not to formulate or implement anything that contradicts Islamic law.
"Any law against the Quran and Sunnah will not be tolerated," he said.
About the women the Amir said, "Hefazat-e-Islam stands for women's rights and values. The Women's Reform Commission should be dissolved and reformed. Its recommendations are humiliating for women and contradict Islamic law."
He also demanded strict laws against those who made comments defaming the name of Prophet Mohammad (Sm.)
Hefazat Amir Mawlana Shah Mohibullah Babunagari presided over the grand rally.
Daily Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman, Mufti Dr Enayet Ullah Abbasi, Jatiya Nagorik Party-NCP South Region Chief Organiser Hasnat Abdullah addressed the rally.
Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Mawlana Ubaidullah Farooq, Dr. Ahmad Abdul Kader, Maulana Salahuddin, Mufti Jasim Uddin, Mawlana Abdul Awal, Sarwar Kamal Azizi, Mohiuddin Rabbani, Ahmed Ali Qasemi, Mawlana Khurshid Alam Qasemi, Mahbub Zakaria, Mawlana Abdul Kader, Mawlana Ayub Babunagari, Mawlana Afzalur Rahman spoke, among others on the occasion.
Joint Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam, Mawlana Azizul Haque Islamabadi read out the written statement on behalf of Hefazat Amir.
"A conspiracy is going on to put the independence and sovereignty of the country under threat and make the country," he said.
He urged the interim government to take a decision before allowing the 'Humanitarian Corridor' on the Arakan Border saying otherwise it might be turned into a battlefield.
With the prayers of Hefazat Amir, the rally ended at 1:11 pm.
Earlier, the organisation's secretary general Sajidur Rahman announced two programmes of the party.
The programmes are- nationwide protest rally on May 23 and meeting at divisional level to establish the fair rights of the women.