Noted citizens concerned over death threats to 3 dignitaries
Twenty-five eminent personalities in a joint statement yesterday expressed their concern over and condemned the death threats against three renowned citizens of the country.
In the statement, they demanded taking immediate legal actions against those who threatened the three.
A militant group published a magazine titled “Lone Wolf” in March this year, where it narrated preparations to kill three prominent individuals -- rights activist Sultana Kamal, historian Muntassir Mamoon and war crimes researcher Shahriar Kabir.
The statement said it is necessary to resist fundamentalist forces and terrorist groups.
It will not be possible to uphold the spirit of Liberation War if we do not take a stand against the crimes of the fundamentalists and the group that misuses religion, the statement added.
This group is misguiding general people in the name of religion, giving wrong interpretation, and is involved in conspiring to make the country unstable, the statement further said.
The signatories of the statement include former adviser to the caretaker government, Rasheda K Chowdhury; lawmaker Aroma Dutta; writer and academic Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal; author Selina Hossain; Coordinator of Nijera Kori, Khushi Kabir;
Executive Director of Research Initiatives Bangladesh, Meghna Guhathakurta; and Prof Gitiara Nasreen of Dhaka University.
In another statement, Amrai Pari Paribarik Nirjaton Protirodh Jot also expressed their grave concern yesterday over the death threat against its chairperson Sultana Kamal.
The statement signed by its co-chairperson Shaheen Anam also demanded starting legal procedure against the persons who threatened the three noted personalities.
Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission and Sammilita Shamajik Andolon also protested the death threats and demanded exemplary punishment of those behind the threats.
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