Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
has warned.
BNP chief, in a statement signed by her press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan, made the caution on Sunday.
"I am urging strongly to return Salahuddin Ahmed to his family or place him before the court immediately," she said. "Otherwise, the government will have to face hard consequence for this."
The BNP chief further said, "The tendency of denial after the arrest of hundreds of leaders and activists, including BNP's important leaders Ilias Ali, Saiful Islam Hiru, Chowdhury Alam and Humayun Kabir Parvez has now become a usual affair. Under the circumstances, we are deeply concerned over the incident of Salahuddin Ahmed."
She said, "An extremely unusual situation has been created in the country by the Awami League lead facist regime. The unrepresentative government has been using Law enforcing agencies as like as "Gestapo" by arresting, abducting and killing people and making anyone disappeared anytime as it wishes."
Khaleda demanded the government immediately ensure the safe return of Salahuddin to his family members or court.
She also called upon all conscious citizens and all concerned to be vocal against such 'limitless injustice.'
Salahuddin, was allegedly picked up on March 10 from a house in Uttara by some people who identified themselves as detectives.
Until then, Salahuddin had been issuing press statements on behalf of the party from hideout since the arrest of another Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Former bureaucrat Salahuddin left government job to join the BNP and became a politician from a Cox's Bazar constituency. He also served as the state minister for communications.