Sunday<\/a>, Sheikh Hasina said: \u201cPolice did not take action against the students till July 15. We gave them protection. But they started anarchy, torched government buildings, metrorail, the Mayor Hanif flyover, and the state TV station\u2026 They took to the streets with sharp weapons, sticks and firearms. They killed the police and hanged their bodies from the overbridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cIn his address in New York last year, Yunus himself said there was no leader in the movement, no leaders. We were also looking for a leader. He introduced a mastermind, Mahfuj Alam, and said the movement was a meticulously designed thing to overthrow the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey have continued the mob rule to date.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview with the Wall News, former minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Sunday that police took action in self-defense to save people\u2019s lives and property. They can open fire as a last resort as per the law and the casualties occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPolice members tried to save their lives, save arms in the police station, and ensure security at the jails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe did not need to give them orders to kill the protesters. The commanding officers do this. Our police showed restraint. They performed their duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey first warned the protesters through whistles, then put up barricades, lobbed tear gas shells, and used water cannons. They opened fire when the anarchists attacked the police and were torching properties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azhar\u2019s crimes are proven<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nRegarding the crimes committed by war criminal Azhar, Sheikh Hasina said that he used to pick up girls and hand them over to the Pakistani occupying forces. Even the pregnant women were raped day after day. A woman\u2019s unborn child died\u2026her life was destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this way, they took hundreds of girls to the army camps in Rangpur. The al-Badr members even shot and killed many freedom fighters and innocent people. They carried out genocide in the entire area, she said, adding that there is complete evidence of these crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven now, the local people know about Azhar’s notoriety, and it is proven. So, he was sentenced. But today he has been pardoned and released.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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