The Bangladesh Awami League has blamed the Yunus regime for the state-sponsored killing of Iftiquar Uddin Pintu, an MP of Netrokona-3.
Pintuโs brutal killing exposes the Yunus regimeโs secret torture chambers. He did not die of illness. He was murdered in custody under the guise of natural causes.
The body had bruises on his face and injuries all over his body.
Under the Yunus regime, prisons have become death factories for opposition voicesโsilent execution grounds where truth is buried and lies are broadcast.
Calling this โdeath from illnessโ is not just dishonestโitโs a criminal act.
Activists have demanded justice for the two-time MP, accountability for every official involved, and an end to state-sponsored killings.
Pintu was staying at a house in the Nikunja residential area, where locals recovered his decomposed body on July 28.
A businessman from Kachandra village in Balaishimul Union of Kendua Upazila, Pintu, was elected chairman of the upazila parishad in 2009.
Then, in 2014, he was elected as a member of parliament with the Awami League’s party symbol, the boat. He was also elected as an MP for the second time as an independent candidate in the 2024 national parliamentary elections.
Awami League condemns brutal torture and killing inside prison
Since August last year, at least 23 Awami League leaders and workers, including the duo, have been killed in prisons, while six others have died under the custody of the army and the police, according to newspaper reports.
During the same period, the Yunus-led interim government set a world record by filing over 80,000 cases against the Awami League leaders and activists, arresting around 4,00,000 people, and imprisoning at least 1,37,000 without trial.
In addition to the flawed legal measures, government supporters killed several hundred leaders and activists of the Awami League in targeted attacks. In addition to these fatalities, pro-government mobs claimed the lives of around 200 people.
In July alone, mobs killed 16 people while the police recovered 51 unidentified bodies.
Moreover, thousands of Hindus and other minority communities have been attacked by pro-government Touhidi Janata across the country since August.
In the first six months, 27 minorities were killed, and 20 women were raped in 258 violent attacks.
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