BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman has claimed that a massacre occurred during the July uprising, with the majority of victims being workers — particularly from the Savar and Ashulia industrial zones. “Bodies were burned after the killings. The brutality inflicted on the corpses surpassed even the horrors of Karbala,” he said. Tarique further stated that the workers who took to the streets had no personal gain at stake, as they were not seeking government jobs. “They joined the movement because they understood that under fascist rule, no one would regain their democratic rights or achieve justice for their demands,” he explained.