After threatening Sultana Kamal, executive director of Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), over telephone on Sunday night for questioning the Rapid Action Battalion's "extra-judicial killings", a vested quarter is now propagating against the organisation by putting up posters at different parts of the city.

These posters, displayed mainly in the city's Central Road and the press club areas, criticise the ASK and human rights activists for objecting to the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) drives against criminals.

"Where were they [ASK and human rights activists] when people died, were raped and mutilated by terrorists?" the posters read.

Terming the human rights activists "danobadhikari" (monsters), the posters say, "If supporting the rapists, murderers and extortionists is manobadhikar [human rights], then we say 'no' to it."

Earlier on Sunday afternoon, the ASK held the publication ceremony of a book titled "Rab: Curbing Terrorism or State-run Terrorism." On the same night, an anonymous caller threatened Sultana Kamal and asked her not to do anything "excessive" against the Rab.

The ASK book is mainly a compilation of articles by different persons expressing concern over the "extra-judicial killings" by the Rab.

The book also contains investigative reports, newspaper clippings and statistics of the number of the extra-judicial killings by the Rab.

When the publication ceremony was going on at the National Press Club, some 100 people from different districts claiming themselves victims of crimes entered the venue and spoke in favour of the Rab activities.

"We came to know that posters and leaflets demeaning the human rights activists will be distributed after today's juma prayers," Sultana Kamal told The Daily Star yesterday, adding that they are also aware of the posters against the ASK at different parts of the city.

The ASK had filed a general diary (GD) immediately after the threat.