BNP Becomes More Reckless After Learning Possible Election Timeline

Special Correspondent

Dr. Yunus, the chief advisor to the interim government, recently announced the possible date for the elections in his address to the nation. After that, killings have increased across the country. Sources say that BNP’s extortion and mob terrorism are behind this.

At least five people have been publicly murdered in the last two days.

A journalist named Asaduzzaman Tuhin was hacked to death by miscreants at a Gazipur intersection around 8pm on Thursday. The incident has sparked widespread discussion across the country. As soon as the details of the murder were revealed, police recovered the dismembered body of an unidentified man from a travel bag abandoned on the sidewalk of Station Road under Tongi East Police Station in Gazipur.

Earlier, on Wednesday, a Chhatra Dal activist named Jabed Rahman Joy (19) from Panchagarh was killed in an attack by his opponents. While the murder was drawing criticism across the country, miscreants stopped a private car in Gopalpur of Lalpur upazila of Natore and slit the throat of a young man named Saidur Rahman (35). His throat was slit inside the private car. Although he managed to get out to save himself, he could not go anywhere. His blood was still on the private car. And the body was lying next to it.

On the other hand, miscreants hacked to death a 42-year-old businessman named Faizur Rahman Rubel at his business establishment on the busiest Shamshernagar Road in Moulvibazar town of Sylhet. He was the owner of F Rahman Trading at Sadaipati Market on Shamshernagar Road in Moulvibazar town.

Witnesses said Rubel was alone in the shop in the evening when three to four miscreants suddenly entered the shop, hacked him to death and fled.

Then, a young man named Dalim was stabbed to death by miscreants in the Queen Bridge area near Kotwali Model Police Station in Sylhet city. He was stabbed publicly at around 11:30 pm on Thursday. He was rescued with the help of local people and police and rushed to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.

Meanwhile, incidents of violence increased across the country after a secret meeting between Tarique Rahman and Dr. Yunus at the Dorchester Hotel in London last June.

Mob violence or gang-related revenge violence has been on the rise since August 5 last year. The human rights situation in the country has taken a dire turn in the first six months of this year, according to the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).

More misdeeds of BNP terrorists

A Bhangari businessman was stoned to death and danced on during violence between two factions of the Jubo Dal in Old Dhaka—such barbarity is not only condemnable, but also a terrible signal for democracy.

According to BNP data, more than 4,500 leaders and activists have been expelled in the past year for involvement in various crimes. Yet the violence has not stopped. Last July, a youth leader named Mahbub Molla from Khulna was shot dead and a vein in his leg was cut to ensure death.

On June 29th, a former vice-president was stripped naked and beaten in an internal BNP dispute in Narayanganj.

On May 13, Dhaka court female judge Momtaz Begum was chased by BNP-backed lawyers. On July 2, disabled Rafiqul Islam was tied to a tree and beaten to death in Jessore. On July 3, local BNP workers attacked the house of Ha-Meem Group MD AK Azad in Faridpur.

Three members of a family were killed, stripped naked and beaten in a rape case in Comilla on suspicion of drug trafficking. There are allegations of BNP involvement here too. On April 2, former Law Minister Anisul Haque was beaten up by BNP lawyers in the court premises in Narayanganj.

Political analysts say the surge in violence immediately after the announcement of the election date is a clear indication of the country’s political instability. Extortion, territory grabbing and power grabs by various political groups before elections are not new to Bangladesh’s political culture. However, the pattern and intensity of recent killings indicate that the electoral environment could be severely disrupted if the situation is not brought under control.

According to them, it will be difficult to stop this situation without impartial and firm action by law enforcement, as well as a commitment by political leadership to avoid violence. Implementing a ‘zero tolerance’ policy towards violence is essential to strengthen the democratic process.