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DHAKA, Feb 1, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today condemned the death of Jubo Dal leader Touhidul Islam after being apprehended by law enforcement agencies.

In a statement, he alleged that members of law enforcement agencies in plainclothes took away Touhidul Islam, the convener of Panchthubi Union Jubo Dal of Sadar Upazila under Cumilla district, from his home and tortured him to death.

He demanded the proper investigation into the incident saying, "Such extrajudicial killing is very unfortunate during the interim government supported by political parties participating in the democratic movement after the fall of the Awami fascist government in the students-led mass movement". 

The countrymen are shocked by such extrajudicial killing and this murder has created new panic in the minds of the people, he said.

"None can take the law into its own hands. No matter how powerful the perpetrator of the crime is, bringing him under the law and giving exemplary punishment is one of the conditions of the rule of law. But the law enforcers have no right to torture and kill him extra judicially." 

The BNP secretary general demanded the real culprits involved in this murder be brought to justice.

Referring to the incidents of extrajudicial killings during Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule, Fakhrul said, 'This brutal murder of Jubo Dal leader of Cumilla reminds us of the Awami fascist era."

He said: "Unlawful killings can never maintain peace and order in society, it grossly disregards the rule of law and pushes the country towards primordial darkness."

In the statement, the BNP secretary general prayed for the eternal peace of Touhidul Islam and conveyed deep sympathy to his bereaved family members.