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Khulna a 'valley of death', says Hasina

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, Khulna
Leader of the Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad Sheikh Hasina said yesterday Khulna has become a 'valley of death', Chittagong a 'safe haven' for abductors and Rajshahi is being ruled by Bangla Bhai.
This only shows violence has gripped the country as the ruling BNP-Jamaat alliance is harbouring extremist elements with ministers sheltering their godfathers, she said.
Speaking as chief guest at a meeting at the local press club to mourn the death of Dainik Janmabhumi Editor Humayun Kabir Balu, the Awami League (AL) president further said
rule of law is non-existent in the country and that no-one is now safe from the hands of the BNP-backed killers, extortionists, rapists and other criminals.
Hasina reiterated her call for a united movement to end 'misrule' and 'misdeeds' of the present government. The situation is worsening as culprits involved in murders and other heinous crimes escape legal actions, she said.
She pointed out both journalists and police are becoming victims of extremists' attacks in the southwestern region of the country.
Humayun Kabir Balu would not have been killed had there been a fair and impartial investigation into journalist Manik Saha murder case, Hasina said. Ministers, lawmakers and cadres of the ruling alliance impede impartial investigation into crimes, she alleged.
About the sensational Chittagong arms haul, the opposition leader said anti-liberation forces are involved in it and that a fair probe into it is not possible as the top bureaucrat in the home ministry belongs to ruling coalition partner Jamaat-e-Islami.
She mentioned that extremists have issued death threats to her
party leaders including Talukdar Khaleque MP, former whip Shuja and Khulna city AL Secretary Mizanur Rahman Mizan.
The AL chief arrived in Khulna in the afternoon, went straight to the residence of the slain editor and sympathised with his bereaved family. She then went to Balu's paternal residence at Iqbalnagar to console his 81-year-old mother Rabeya Khatoon. Later, she paid her last respects to the deceased and prayed for salvation of his departed soul.
Hasina said she will do her best to ensure proper education of Balu's children.
AL presidium member Abdur Razzak MP, Joint Secretary of the party and former state minister Obaidul Kader, former state minister Talukder Abdul Khaleque MP and Jubo League Chairman Jahangir Kabir Nanak were present at the meeting. The senior vicepresident of the press club presided.
Meanwhile, Dainik Purbanchal Editor Liaquat Ali, Editor of the Daily Tribune Begum Ferdausi Ali and Dainik Probaho Editor Ashraf Hossain have expressed deep shock at the tragic death of Balu and demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of his killers.