Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is determined to arrest the culprits responsible for the killing of Boraigram upazila chairman Sanaullah Noor Babu.
She also directed the authorities concerned to be vigilant so that none especially the main opposition BNP can politicise the incident.
The premier's directive came at an informal discussion with a few of her cabinet colleagues immediately after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Secretariat with her in the chair.
At the meeting, Hasina, also the president of the ruling Awami League, expressed deep shock over the killing of Babu, and said her government expresses sympathy for his family members, a cabinet member said.
She, however, said no mass arrest or harassment should be made in connection with the murder case.
The premier directed the home minister to take all measurers to nab the criminals upon identifying them through video footage.
The BNP always puts the blame on others even if it commits the crime in a planned way, said Hasina referring to Gama murder in Natore and August 21 grenade attack on an AL rally during the last BNP-Jamaat government.
She said AL could not protest the killings of its lawmaker Mamtaz Uddin and party leader Ainul Haque in Natore after 2001 elections when the BNP assumed power. Even the then administration did not take cases.
But the opposition could observe hartal in Natore peacefully under the present government, she noted.
Hasina also directed the home minister to find out the Jubo Dal men who were seen wielding firearms in broad daylight in Comilla, sources at the meeting said.
She also talked to Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain and inquired about Padma Bridge, Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway, elevated expressway, traffic situation in the capital, etc.