DHAKA NEWS
Dhaka, May 04 A BNP policymaker has said their senior leaders, who are facing cases over shutdown violence, went into hiding as a 'political tactic' not 'in fear of arrest'.
The opposition party's standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan said they went into hiding following party decision and were taking preparations to organise anti-government agitation.
"There has been campaign as if they are hiding in fear of arrests. But this is not true. The leaders are away for a while as part of a political tactic," Nazrul said at a human-chain programme on Friday.
"The government has filed false cases as part of its blue print to arrest our leaders. They have even kept the court off limits for days," he alleged.
The decision came as the leaders' arrest at this moment might harm the anti-government agitation, he explained.
Police filed two separate cases on Apr 29 accusing senior leaders of the BNP-led opposition alliance for torching a vehicle in front of the Prime Minister's Office and hurling crude bombs at the secretariat during the countrywide general strike.
BNP and its allies enforced five days of shutdowns last month protesting disappearance of party leader M Ilias Ali, who went missing past midnight on Apr 17.
BNP's one of the joint secretaries general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was arrested and sent to jail in connection with the violence case. Another BNP leader Mahbub Uddin Khokon secured ad-interim bail from the High Court. But the other accused leaders have not been seen after filing of the case. A HC bench felt embarrassed to hear their pre-arrest bail petition.
Rajshahi University ex-student forum also formed another human chain in front of Jatiya press club on Friday to demand Rizvi's release.
BNP has been blaming government for the violence during shutdowns and for the disappearance of Ilias. The government refuted the allegation and blamed BNP alleging Illias disappearance was a 'drama staged by them'.
The opposition party's standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan said they went into hiding following party decision and were taking preparations to organise anti-government agitation.
"There has been campaign as if they are hiding in fear of arrests. But this is not true. The leaders are away for a while as part of a political tactic," Nazrul said at a human-chain programme on Friday.
"The government has filed false cases as part of its blue print to arrest our leaders. They have even kept the court off limits for days," he alleged.
The decision came as the leaders' arrest at this moment might harm the anti-government agitation, he explained.
Police filed two separate cases on Apr 29 accusing senior leaders of the BNP-led opposition alliance for torching a vehicle in front of the Prime Minister's Office and hurling crude bombs at the secretariat during the countrywide general strike.
BNP and its allies enforced five days of shutdowns last month protesting disappearance of party leader M Ilias Ali, who went missing past midnight on Apr 17.
BNP's one of the joint secretaries general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was arrested and sent to jail in connection with the violence case. Another BNP leader Mahbub Uddin Khokon secured ad-interim bail from the High Court. But the other accused leaders have not been seen after filing of the case. A HC bench felt embarrassed to hear their pre-arrest bail petition.
Rajshahi University ex-student forum also formed another human chain in front of Jatiya press club on Friday to demand Rizvi's release.
BNP has been blaming government for the violence during shutdowns and for the disappearance of Ilias. The government refuted the allegation and blamed BNP alleging Illias disappearance was a 'drama staged by them'.
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