No room for communal forces: Alamgir
The minister was talking to reporters after visiting the temples and households of the members of the Hindu community in the Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong district which were vandalised in the violence following the death sentence was awarded to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee in a war crimes case.
Alamgir said that those who unleashed the arson attacks were trying to foil the ongoing trial of the war criminals.
“They’re anti-liberation forces. There’s no room in Bangladesh for such communal forces,” he said.
The ruling Awami League leader said: “We’ve come here to convey our sympathy to the victims. We’re assuring maximum security to them.”
Alamgir said that the government would earnestly try to resist those who carried out the arson attacks on the religious minority groups.
The minister said that some people were arrested for their alleged role in vandalising and torching of temples and households of the Hindu community in the upazila on Feb 28. Efforts were on to arrest the other accused, he said.
Activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir vandalised and torched the Banshkhali Upazila Parishad building, court chambers of senior judicial magistrate and senior assistant judge, temples and households of the Hindus.
Alamgir also expressed his solidarity with the movement of the Ganajagaran Mancha at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka which is demanding capital punishment to all convicted criminals.
“By thwarting those who unleashed the violence in Banshkhali and other places the government will uphold the teachings of prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and ensure the rule of law.”
The Home Minister flew to Banshkhali by helicopter around 12pm and then went to the Banshkhali Police Station.
Later he visited Hrishi Adityananda monastery, damaged in arson attacks by religious fanatics, and talked to the the sebayet' (priest) of the monastery and local Hindu community people.
Then he visited the six Hindu households burnt into ashes by zealots at Dhopara in the upazila headquarters.
Chittagong-7 constituency lawmaker Moinuddin Khan Badal , Inspector General of Police Hasan Mahmud Khandaker, Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Mokhlesur Rahman, Chittagong district Deputy Commissioner Abdul Mannan, Deputy Inspector General of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Nowsher Ali Khan and reserved women seat MP Hasina Mannan accompanied the minister during the visit.
Alamgir said that those who unleashed the arson attacks were trying to foil the ongoing trial of the war criminals.
“They’re anti-liberation forces. There’s no room in Bangladesh for such communal forces,” he said.
The ruling Awami League leader said: “We’ve come here to convey our sympathy to the victims. We’re assuring maximum security to them.”
Alamgir said that the government would earnestly try to resist those who carried out the arson attacks on the religious minority groups.
The minister said that some people were arrested for their alleged role in vandalising and torching of temples and households of the Hindu community in the upazila on Feb 28. Efforts were on to arrest the other accused, he said.
Activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir vandalised and torched the Banshkhali Upazila Parishad building, court chambers of senior judicial magistrate and senior assistant judge, temples and households of the Hindus.
Alamgir also expressed his solidarity with the movement of the Ganajagaran Mancha at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka which is demanding capital punishment to all convicted criminals.
“By thwarting those who unleashed the violence in Banshkhali and other places the government will uphold the teachings of prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and ensure the rule of law.”
The Home Minister flew to Banshkhali by helicopter around 12pm and then went to the Banshkhali Police Station.
Later he visited Hrishi Adityananda monastery, damaged in arson attacks by religious fanatics, and talked to the the sebayet' (priest) of the monastery and local Hindu community people.
Then he visited the six Hindu households burnt into ashes by zealots at Dhopara in the upazila headquarters.
Chittagong-7 constituency lawmaker Moinuddin Khan Badal , Inspector General of Police Hasan Mahmud Khandaker, Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Mokhlesur Rahman, Chittagong district Deputy Commissioner Abdul Mannan, Deputy Inspector General of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Nowsher Ali Khan and reserved women seat MP Hasina Mannan accompanied the minister during the visit.
Courtesy: BDNews24.com
