Govt listed 3,000 BNP men for kidnapping: Fakhrul
BNP today alleged that the government has made a list of 3,000 BNP men to arrest them and make them victims of forced disappearance to thwart opposition’s upcoming anti-government movement.
“But there would be no use of preparing such a list as people have taken oath to oust the autocratic government,” BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a discussion organised by the party at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh marking the Victory Day.
The BNP spokesperson also said the government has planned to appoint 50,000 people in police in a bid to protect its ‘illegal power’.
“But the government would not be able to cling to power even recruiting five million people in the force in the face of people’s strong movement. Because, 16 crore people have taken oath to oust the autocratic government,” he added.
At a programme in Rajshahi on February 8, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced that 50,000 people would be appointed in the police force to further improve the law and order situation in the country.
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