& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Killings aim at eliminating opposition

Alleges BNP

Staff Correspondent
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that law enforcers have been killing opposition men across the country by staging crossfire with state patronisation.
"The country is gripped by state terrorism.... Extrajudicial killings are being carried out to eliminate the opposition," he told reporters after a party meeting at the BNP's Nayapaltan headquarters.
The meeting discussed preparations for the BNP-led 19-party alliance's black flag procession slated for tomorrow and recent deaths of opposition men "in the hands of the police, Rab and the joint force."
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on January 15 announced the programme protesting the January 5 "farcical election" and convening of the "illegal parliament."
To back up his claim, Fakhrul in the briefing referred to the death of Azharul Islam, a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader of Satkhira unit.
"Joint force picked up Azharul on Saturday. Our assumptions came true as his bullet-hit body was found early this [yesterday! morning," he said.
On Saturday, the BNP at a press conference said Azahraul might fall a victim to extrajudicial killing as he had been missing since Sunday.
"A reign of terror has been established throughout the country. Over 100 opposition leaders and activists have become victims of extrajudicial killing across the country," complained Fakhrul.
Democracy is not meant for the Awami League only. Rather, it is for
each and every person in the country, headded.
The BNP leader expressed disappointment over the role of media for not giving due importance to the alarming increase in extrajudicial killing. He sought cooperation from media and journalists in stopping such "state-sponsored killing."
Fakhrul urged the government to take initiatives for dialogue and dissolve the "illegal parliament".
In the joint meeting, he asked BNP leaders to make tomorrow's countrywide black flag procession a success, said meeting sources.
The party, he said, has already sought permission from police to hold the procession on city streets.
Contacted, officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station in Satkhira said police rounded up Azharul Islam early on Sunday.
At night, law enforcers took Azharul with them to Kheyaghat area of Magura village in Tala upazila to recover illegal arms. The JCD leader died in a gunfight between the law enforcers and cohorts of Azharul around 5:00am on Monday, added the OC.