Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (1 August) said the United Nations and any country can send their experts for the proper investigation of every incident of the recent violence related to the quota reform movement.
“I want everything to be investigated. Because, it needs to be found out what happened behind it and how these happened. I’ve appealed to the United Nations to send their experts. If any other country wants, they can send their experts too,” she said.
The premier said this while addressing a voluntary blood donation programme, discussion and doa mahfil, arranged by Bangladesh Krishak League at the auditorium of Krishibid Institution Bangladesh in the city’s Farmgate, on the occasion of the National Mourning Day.
She said, “I want these incidents to be investigated properly. We’ll have to take action against the culprits no matter who they are.”
The Awami League President, Sheikh Hasina, said she formed a one-member judicial enquiry committee, without waiting for any demand in this regard, in a bid to investigate the killings of six people in the violence initially.
Later she upgraded it to a three-member committee to expand its scope when when larger number of incidents occurred, said the PM.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also said the nation had witnessed savagery of militancy in the guise of quota reform movement, reiterating her vow that there would be no room for militancy and terrorism in Bangladesh.
“There would be no room for militancy and terrorism in Bangladesh. Their main strength Jamaat-e-Islam and Shibir will be banned under section 18 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009,” she said.
