Dhaka: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today reiterated that “political motives” were behind the recent extra-judicial killings across the country.
He also said: “As of today, a total of 130 people have been killed during separate drives in the name of crackdown against narcotics.”
The BNP senior leader made the comments while addressing a press conference held at the party’s Nayapaltan central headquarters in the capital on Sunday.
“Most of the victims are young men while the countrymen are also kept in dark over the recent extra-judicial killings in the country,” the press conference was also told.
Rizvi also demanded to release BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia from jail before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.
BNP leader Zoynul Abedin Faruk was also present, among others, during the press conference.
