In a shocking admission, Nahid Islam, the principal militant leader of the July riots, has openly accepted responsibility for killing police officers, labelling the attacks as acts of โresistance.โ
This confession came during a recent event of Yunus’ Kings Party (NCP) in Moulvibazar on July 26, when Nahid spoke candidly about the so-called movement.
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According to a BBC report, following the August 3 announcement to overthrow the government, over 450 police stations across the country were attacked, looted, and set on fire on August 5.
These attacks were carried out by Nahidโs militant force along with Jamaat-BNP-backed terrorists. Yunus has awarded impunity to the perpetrators.
The coordinated wave of violence resulted in the deaths of more than 3,200 police personnel during the JulyโAugust conspiracy.
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Another recent BBC investigation sheds light on a particularly gruesome incident in Baniachong Upazila of Habiganj, where attackers targeted a minority police officer during a station assault and brutally executed him.
In an attempt to evade accountability, Nahid and his group labelled the killing of thousands of officers as โresistance,โ thus inadvertently acknowledging their leadership role and complicity in the widespread slaughter of police personnel.โฉ
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 the 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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