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Abduction spree raises concern

City Desk
Different political and social organisations have protested and condemned the recent spate of abductions and killings in different parts of the country.
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) staged a demonstration in front of the Jatiya Press Club yesterday afternoon, demanding that the killers be punished, and the security of lives and properties of people be ensured.
People under the banner of "Udbigno Nagorik Samaj" formed a human chain and lighted candles in front of the ICDDR,B in the capital's Mohakhali on May 1, and demanded that abductions, forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings bestopped.
Bangladesh Bar Council yesterday announced the schedule of a weeklong programme in protest against the abduction and killing of Chandan Sarkar, a senior lawyer at Naryanganj District Judge's Court.
As per the schedule, the lawyers across the country wore black badges yesterday and will continue to do it till May 8, Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, vice-chairman of Bar Council, told a press conference at Bar Council auditorium.
He said lawyers would hold a meeting at the Jatiya Press Club tomorrow (today) and would hoist black flags and hold silent rallies on the bar association premises across the country on May 4 (tomorrow), demonstrations on May 5, human chains on May 6, protest rallies on May 7, and token hunger strikes on May 8.
Bar Council members AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Sanaullah Mian, among others, were present at the press conference.
Expressing "grave concern" over the recovery of seven dead bodies from the Shitalakya river in Narayanganj recently, Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a rights body, in a statement yesterday said, "As per ASK statistics based on media reports, 54 people across the county have been abducted by alleged law enforcers in the last four months."
"Of the 54, only 8 persons came back alive, while dead bodies of 15 have been recovered. Still there is no clue of others".
The recurrence of such abduction indicates the deterioration of law and order, triggering a sense of insecurity and panic among the people, the statement added.
"The state's failure in taking any measures against die perpetrators has given rise to a culture of impunity," itsaid.
Protesting the alarming rise of abductions and killings, Sammilita Sangskritik Jote, an alliance of cultural organisations, in a statement yesterday announced that it would start a blackflag procession from the Teachers and Students Gentre of Dhaka University around 5:00pm today.