Killings, enforced disappearances begin again: Asaduzzaman

BNP claimed on Monday that the party's six activists have gone missing and said law enforcers have again started carrying out incidents of killing and enforced disappearance, reports UNB.
Addressing a press briefing, BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman demanded a judicial inquiry into the missing of their six activists after they were being picked up from different parts of the country reportedly by police.
"After the killing of some ruling party men in crossfire, we feared that the opposition men will again be subjected to enforced disappearances and killings. Our apprehension has turned true as our six activists remained missing for the last few days," he said.
Ripon further said, "This is a matter of regret that our law enforcers are regularly carrying out illegal acts like extrajudicial killing ignoring our constitution. The family members of the victims of enforced disappearance are holding the law enforcers responsible for the incidents."
The BNP leader claimed that the six BNP men -- Golam Rabbani, Abul Hossain, Apple, Babu, Tutul and Nazrul Islam -- were picked up by police during August 22 to 30, but they were not produced before court.
Of them, Ripon said Golam Rabbani, Abul Hossain and Nurul Islam were detained by the law enforcers from Rajshahi's Mundaman area while Apple from Naogaon's Naohata crossing and Babu and Tutul from the capital's Khilkhet.
Besides, he said, RAB members killed BNP activists Ferdous Hasan of South Keraniganj in the name of crossfire on Sunday after picking him up while he was returning home from Judge Court.
"We strongly demand of the government form a judicial inquiry into the incidents to find out the missing people and bring those involved in the incidents to justice.