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Hefajat gives govt till Sunday to release Mahmudur
 Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh, a platform of Islamists, on Friday threatened to immobilise the country on May 5 if daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman was not freed and the groups 13-point demand not accepted. It also gave the government until Sunday to release Mahamudur Rahman or face a tougher action programme.
The Islamist group has already announced it will besiege Dhaka city on May 5 to press for its demands, including enactment of a blasphemy law with a provision for maximum punishment for insulting Islam. It also held a rally at Brahmanbaria on Friday as part of its announcement from the April 6 grand rally at Shapla Square in Dhaka, that it would hold nine rallies throughout the month of April at different places of the country to mobilise support for the May 5 Dhaka siege programme. Dhaka city unit of Hefajat also organised a rally at Paltan in which its leaders alleged that Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman had been arrested as he had sided with Islam and stood in opposition of the atheists. They threatened to immobilise the whole country during its Dhaka siege on May 5 if Mahmudur was not released and Hefajats 13-point demand was not accepted. They also alleged that certain quarters were trying to create misgivings about its 13-point demand. In reference to statements of several ruling Awami League leaders, including its general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, that the Hefajat had retreated to Chittagong, the Islamist leaders said the May 5 Dhaka siege would show who pulls back. The government has gone mad after watching the peoples upsurge on April 6, said Hefajat joint secretary general Abdur Rab Yusufi. He vowed to free Mahmudur Rahman by breaking the jail locks. Posted by: Steve White 2013-04-13 |
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