Rape, killing rise due to slide in law and order: BNP

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. File Photo
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. File Photo

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday alleged that the incidents of killing, rape and other social crimes marked a sharp rise due to serious slide in law-and-order situation in the country, reports news agency UNB.

“They’ve created an anarchic situation across the country, the law-and-order situation collapsed, now we see people are being stabbed to death in broad daylight,” said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Speaking at a human-chain programme, he further said the incidents of rape, robbery and plundering are growing while people have no security of their lives with the deteriorating law-and-order situation.

Referring to newspaper reports, the BNP leader also said 12 people are killed every hour on average either in road accident or other incidents.

BNP's Dhaka south city unit organised the programme in front of the National Press Club demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia and another leader Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel.