Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief and parliamentary opposition leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman demanded justice for the killings of Shibir leaders Saifullah Bari and Mohammad Salauddin at a public rally in Bonarpara, Saghatta, Gaibandha. Speaking Monday at 10am at Bonarpara Kazi Azhar Ali Government Model High School field, he said no one had survived by ignoring the public verdict and called for it to be respected.

Rahman said the current government and opposition parties had been oppressed for the past 15 years and should not become oppressors themselves. He said five of their members had been killed after the government was formed. He urged people not to move toward another era of killings, saying Bangladeshis, especially young people, do not fear intimidation and do not want fascism.

He described deprivation of the greater Rangpur region as an act against the people. He called extortion, land grabbing and killing social filth that must be removed, and said the administration is not any party’s force but a national asset that must work for everyone. Before the gathering, he visited the graves of Bari and Salauddin in Bonarpara Shimultair.