Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh has called on the government to take more active measures to rescue people trapped by flooding in Chattogram, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj. In a statement issued on Sunday, the organization’s Amir Allama Muhibullah Babunagari and Secretary General Allama Sajedur Rahman urged Hefazat members, Islamic scholars, and citizens to deliver relief aid swiftly to affected areas.

The statement described the situation as dire, with heavy rainfall and flooding leaving hundreds of thousands stranded and causing landslides and loss of life. Hefazat leaders emphasized the need for urgent logistical support from the government to ensure adequate relief distribution and rescue operations.

They also framed the disaster as a divine test, urging people to show compassion by helping those in distress and to seek forgiveness through prayer and repentance, expressing hope that such actions would lessen future natural calamities.