{"id":1994,"date":"2025-07-16T16:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:27:52","slug":"hallmarks-of-a-mafia-rule-2-advisers-ordered-extermination-of-al-in-gopalganj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"Hallmarks of a mafia rule: 2 advisers behind Gopalganj massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Jamaat-controlled interim government has reduced law enforcement into a weapon to exterminate the Awami League by its top advisers publicly authorising law enforcement to carry out massacres against dissenters in Gopalganj, the party said on Wednesday.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCurfew imposed. Additional troops are mobilised and deployed. Will totally exterminate them (Awami League),\u201d Asif Mahmud, a mob leader turned youth and sports adviser of the Yunus regime, authorised law enforcement to continue the ongoing massacre with his Facebook post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asif Mahmud and Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury were monitoring the law and order on CCTV monitors at the Police Headquarters the whole day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the last few days, the NCP leaders and supporters had been threatening a severe assault on the Awami League and the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara, around 19km from the Gopalganj district town, during their rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the afternoon, at least four people have been killed, and many are feared dead in gunshots by the army and the police in Gopalganj.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/army-boot-gopalganj.jpeg\" alt=\"Gopalganj \" class=\"wp-image-1992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/army-boot-gopalganj.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/army-boot-gopalganj-300x267.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/army-boot-gopalganj-14x12.jpeg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>An army member is torturing a person who worked at a local shop<\/strong> <strong>in Gopalganj. He later died at the hospital<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Videos of army personnel using lethal weapons against the protesters and brutally torturing activists on the streets have gone viral on social media, with the mainstream media suppressing death counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, instead of doing neutral journalism, all top media outlets blamed the activists of the Awami League and Chhatra League in the tune of the Yunus-led government, with the headlines justifying the brutal treatment instead of highlighting the casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1959\">Tungipara on alert as Yunus Gang threatens to demolish Bangabandhu\u2019s mausoleum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1981\">Sheikh Hasina asks OHCHR, Amnesty to provide list of 1,400 deceased<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, the government declared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/news\/bangladesh\/governance\/news\/heinous-act-attacking-ncp-rally-gopalganj-will-not-go-unpunished-govt-3941071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">curfew <\/a>in the district town from 8pm to 6pm on Thursday. In a statement issued by the Chief Adviser\u2019s Press Wing, the government said that the attack on the NCP rally was a \u201cheinous act\u201d and that the perpetrators will not go unpunished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the curfew was imposed, the army and police personnel started carrying out raids to arrest the members of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0997\u09cb\u09aa\u09be\u09b2\u0997\u099e\u09cd\u099c\u09c7 \u0995\u09be\/\u09b0\u09ab\u09bf\/\u0989\u09df\u09c7\u09b0 \u09a8\u09be\u09ae\u09c7 \u0995\u09be\u09b2\u09b0\u09be\u09a4? | Bangla News Network | \u09b8\u09c1\u09b2\u09a4\u09be\u09a8\u09be \u09b0\u09b9\u09ae\u09be\u09a8\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/No3f5GA14iQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn flagrant violation of rules, the advisor shared a photo sitting right next to the home advisor inside the police control room overseeing the ongoing crackdown against dissenters, including Awami League leaders and activists executed by law enforcement,\u201d the Awami League said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis order to unleash state machinery to uproot Awami League leaders and activists came after Yunus sponsored mob leaders of NCP officially vowed to create a mob to hunt down and wipe out citizens affiliated with the Awami League across the country, a glaring testament to the ongoing pogrom against dissenters using mob terror and law enforcement, including the Army.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-16-195437.png\" alt=\"Gopalganj \" class=\"wp-image-1996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-16-195437.png 659w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-16-195437-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-16-195437-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Army personnel are seen shotting at the Awami League supporters in Gopalganj<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This authorisation for extermination came despite reports revealing four citizens were killed as the Army and other security machinery, including cops, employed brutal torture tactics, used lethal weapons, and fired live rounds indiscriminately on thousands of unarmed citizens in Gopalganj.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe urge the world to take note of this blatant use of security apparatus, including the Bangladesh Army, and violent use of mobs to exterminate dissenters for their ideals and political beliefs,\u201d the party said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the last few days, the NCP leaders and supporters had been threatening a severe assault on the Awami League and the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara, around 19km from the Gopalganj district town, during their rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Awami League supporters took to the streets in the morning, which coincides with the party\u2019s prescheduled programme, demanding the resignation of the unconstitutional interim government and stopping the illegal trials at the International Crimes Tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the NCP leaders masterminded the demolition and arson attack on the Dhanmondi-32 residence of Bangabandhu on August 5, August 15, and February 5, when a large number of members from Jamaat-Shibir and radical Islamist parties took part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, over 2,000 sculptures, murals and museums related to the 1971 Liberation War and the Father of the Nation were destroyed by the extremists who have been enjoying impunity under the government\u2019s patronisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jamaat-controlled interim government has reduced law enforcement into a weapon to exterminate the Awami League by its top advisers publicly authorising law enforcement to carry out massacres against dissenters&hellip; 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