Selim backs \\\'encounter\\\' to check violence

Awami League presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim gave a broad hint Thursday that the people engaged in the acts of sabotage might face 'encounters' in a bid to rein in violence, reports UNB.
Backing the law enforcers' action of 'encounter', Sheikh Selim said, "Those consider encounter as a crime, I want to ask them a question whether isn't the crime against humanity if any one hurls firebombs at people in the name of politics?"
Selim, also a former minister, said this while addressing a protest rally organised by Swechhasebak League at Gulshan-2 intersection in the capital.
Branding the BNP as a militant outfit, the front ranking Awami League leader said BNP has to be tried like that of militant outfits in other countries.
He said there will be no talks with the BNP-Jamaat as they have been unleashing violence with the blood of people in hand.
Selim also said some BNP leaders remained absconding aboard without joining their movement. "But, Khaleda Zia won't be allowed to escape," he added.