STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Expressing concerns about the brutal murder near Mitford hospital in the capital, the BNP said the issue could be used for gaining political leverage and to destabilise the election environment.

It said those trying to disrupt the political environment and create uncertainty about the polls, using the issue, will be identified and resisted.

The BNP decided to form a committee to investigate the cause of the murder and publicly disclose the report.

“There are ample reasons to suspect that this murder is being used for political gain and as an excuse to disrupt the environment of the upcoming national election,” BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday told a press briefing at the party’s chairperson’s Gulshan office.

The murder of Sohag, a scrap metal trader, is being politicised and used to malign BNP and its top leadership, particularly acting chairman Tarique Rahman, Fakhrul said.

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