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KHULNA, April 4, 2026 (BSS) - Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Rakibul Islam Bakul has said people are now free from the fear of enforced disappearance after the present government led by Tarique Rahman came to power.

“People were afraid of disappearance and killing for 17 years which was conducted with an aim to make peoples’ voice silent,” he said.

Bakul said this while distributing cheques of financial assistance to the families affected by enforced disappearances, killings and inhumane torture during previous government.

Sense of freedom among people has come at the cost of the blood and tears of many people and their families, he said.

He said financial assistance was not an act of charity but a rightful claim of the victim families.

Khulna Zila Parishad Administrator and acting member secretary of District BNP SM Monirul Hasan Bappi and Chief Executive Officer Mominur Rahman also spoke on the occasion.

A total of Taka 7,36,000 were distributed among 73 beneficiaries, including 23 martyr families and 50 affected families.

Among others, Azizul Bari Helal, MP, Khulna City Corporation Administrator Nazrul Islam Monju, Metropolitan BNP President Advocate Shafiqul Alam Mona, General Secretary Shafiqul Alam Tuhin, District DAB President Rafiqul Islam Bablu and local political, social and professional leaders were present.