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Asma Kibria seeks police protection

Telephone threat continues

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Asma Kibria, wife of slain Awami League lawmaker SAMS Kibria, yesterday sought police protection, as her family feel insecure in the face of repeated threats over telephone.
"We feel insecure and we want police protection. The government did not provide us any protection after such an incident. No high official of the police even answers our phone call," said Asma Kibria at the press conference at her Dhanmondi residence.
"The government failed to ensure security for my husband. Now they should show us how much security they can provide to my family members," she added.
She regretted that when people from all walks of life as well as the foreign envoys in Bangladesh
offered condolences to us, the prime minister and the speaker did not bother to turn up and express sympathy.
Asma asked the government to inform them of the current status of investigations into the Habiganj carnage.
Referring to the arrests of three people at Khilgaon area during their Saturday's demonstration, Asma said the government is trying to push them towards confrontation, but people will give them a befitting reply. "It seems as if I don't have even the right to peacefully protest my husband's killing," she added.
Asma at the press conference announced three-day candle-and-black-flag demonstrations in the city for Feb 16,17 and 18. The programmes would start at 4:00pm
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to continue till 6:00pm as part of the silent protests against the murder of Kibria and four others on January 27. New programmes will be announced on Feb 19 or 20, she told the reporters.
Kibria's son, Reza Kibria, said that he hopes the US Federal Bureau of Investigation would investigate the Habiganj blasts to unearth clues to his father's killer.
Reza told the journalists that they had been informed that on Sunday demonstrations were held at various parts of the world, including the US, UK, Australia, Canada and Kuwait, to protest the killing of Kibria and demand trial of the perpetrators.
He urged the Habiganj inhabitants to chalk out long term and effective programmes to press the government since the family members of the former finance minister still dare not go there due to lack of security.