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Abduction, Killing Govt should go, says BNP Khaleda to address rally on May 17

Staff Correspondent
The BNP yesterday said the abduction and killing of seven people in Narayanganj is the tip of the iceberg of such incidents across the country, and the government should step down, taking responsibility for those criminal activities.
Refuting Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam's claim that the BNP was using the Narayanganj incident to achieve narrow political interests, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said it was rather the government that was trying to hide the administration's involvement with the incident.
"Many abductions and killings have happened across the country since the Awami League government came to power through 2008 election. Many people fell victim to forced disappearances. Narayanganj incident is one of them," Fakhrul told reporters after paying tributes to late president Ziaur Rahman at his grave in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
Meanwhile, the BNP standing committee last night decided that the party will hold a rally in the capital's Demra on May 17 protesting the gruesome seven murder in Narayanganj. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will address the rally.
Fakhrul claimed that as the Narayanganj incident was at the forefront of people's mind, the government was trying desperately to hush up this sensational incident.
The government, he added, at first should investigate the alleged involvement of a minister's relative and some lawmakers in the gruesome killings. Without naming the minister and lawmakers, Fakhrul said their involvement with the incident is now clear. "But without bringing them to trial, the government is trying to divert people's attention," the BNP leader mentioned.
Fakhrul along with some leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and BNP's front organisations went to Zia's mazar to mark the release of Ghhatra Dal president Abdul Quader Bhuiyan Jewel and its general secretary Habibur Rashid, who came out of jail last week. STANDING COMMITTEE MEETS The BNP standing committee decided to stage three-day demonstrations from May 18 in all upazilas, districts and divisional headquarters protesting killing and abduction across the country.
At the meeting held at Khaleda's Gulshan office, most of the BNP policymakers suggested enforcing a daylong hartal soon.
"But the BNP chief opposed the idea saying that the party leaders and activists might have to face a difficult situation if a hartal was enforced now," a standing committee member told The Daily Star.
According to the decision, the party will hold demonstrations in all upazilas on May 18, districts on May 19 and divisional headquarters on the following day.
The meeting also discussed Khaleda's planned visit to Narayanganj on May 14 to console the family members of the deceased.