Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed concern and condemnation over the police action during a peaceful program of Inqilab Mancha, where the group’s member secretary Abdullah Al Jaber was shot and more than a hundred activists were injured. The party’s Assistant Secretary General and head of the central publicity and media department, Advocate Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair, issued a statement on Friday addressing the incident.

In the statement, Zubair said that the police crackdown on activists marching toward the Chief Adviser’s residence in Jamuna to demand a UN-supervised investigation into the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi was unacceptable. He described the use of sound grenades, tear gas, batons, and bullets against peaceful protesters as condemnable and a violation of citizens’ constitutional rights in a democratic state.

He called for an impartial investigation into the incident, identification and exemplary punishment of responsible police officers, and proper medical treatment for the injured. Zubair reaffirmed Jamaat-e-Islami’s stance against injustice and repression and urged the state to abandon repressive measures and listen to the people’s legitimate demands.