BNP started crossfire, abduction, murder: Info Minister

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP was born out of a politics of killings.

He said, ‘The party had started crossfires, forced disappearance and murder in the country.

In reply to a query, the minister made the remarks to journalists at his official residence at the capital’s Minto Road on Saturday noon.

Mentionable, BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi commented that the state now turned inhuman through crossfires, forced disappearance and murder.

Responding to Rizvi, Information Minister said Ziaur Rahman killed thousands of army personnel to keep his power safe and he was associated with the assassination of Bangabandhu.

Hasan Mahmud claimed more than 317 people were killed in crossfires and abductions every year during the BNP tenure while the number was 187 during the tenure of ruling Awami League.

The minister, however, added that criminals sometimes engaged in gunfights and Awami League never supported any kind of extrajudicial killing.


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