CA for preparing list of people killed in last 15 years

Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus has asked the authorities concerned to prepare a list of people killed in the defeated Awami League-sponsored acts of terrorism over the last 15 years.

The chief adviser came up with the directive when Mohammad Barkat Ullah, father of brutally killed BUET student Abrar Fahad, Fahad's younger brother Abrar Fayyaz and maternal uncle Mohammad Mofazzal Hossain met him at the State Guest House Jamuna here this afternoon.

Abrar, a second-year student of the electrical and electronics engineering (EEE) department of Buet, was beaten to death by the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (now banned), at the university’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall on 7 October 2019.

In a meeting with the Chief Adviser, the family of martyr Abrar Fahad requested an investigation into each incident of killing by preparing a list of the victims of the attacks carried out by terrorists of Awami League and its affiliated organisations before the July mass uprising.

At the same time, Mohammad Barkat Ullah requested the Chief Adviser to take initiatives, on behalf of the government, to expedite the trial in the Abrar Fahad murder case.

Barkat Ullah said Abrar Fahad was brutally beaten to death by terrorists because he spoke for the country and its interests, and against the unequal distribution of water (of cross-border rivers).

He also said, "His (Fahad) mother still cries for her son. No other mother should have to suffer the pain of losing her child, and no mother's chest should be empty."

He said locals have long been demanding the construction of a bridge over the Gorai River in Kushtia.

Barkat Ullah requested the Chief Adviser to take an initiative to build a bridge there, stating that about 30,000 people have been suffering for lack of a bridge.

Abrar Fahad's younger brother Abrar Fayyaz requested the Chief Advisor to make all educational institutions more student-friendly.

Abrar Fayyaz, a third-year student of BUET, said, "Our educational institutions are still not student-friendly. There is a shortage of labs, equipment and other facilities required for studies."

"We have high expectations from the interim government. We want this government to take steps to make educational institutions student-friendly," he added.

He also requested the government to take strict measures to stop ragging in BUET.

Abrar Fayyaz said: "This is not the first incident of harassment in BUET. It had happened before too. The incidents that happened before need to be investigated and tried."

Chief Adviser Prof Yunus said the brutal killing of Abrar Fahad stunned the entire nation.

“Just prepare a list of the people who were killed over the last 15 years in attacks carried out by Awami League men, terrorist organisations and the state agencies in line with the order of the then government,” he said.

Claiming that Abrar was brutally beaten to death and the entire nation was stunned following the incident, the chief adviser said that a fair trial will be conducted in this connection.