Jamaat being ‘intentionally’ implicated over Satkhira mob lynching: Porwar

Jamaat-e-Islami has alleged that a “premeditated plot” is afoot to implicate the Opposition Party in the mob killing of a youth over “blasphemy” in Satkhira

Jamaat’s involvement in the killing is being cited without any neutral probe into the incident, said the party’s Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar in a statement on Thursday.

The Jamaat leader said that the party does not support the “mob killing” of someone without due legal course. If anyone commits an offence, the person must be tried under the law by the concerned court, he added.

He called on the concerned law enforcers to conduct a fair, neutral and acceptable investigation into the killing, bring the culprits to book and ensure justice for the victim’s family.

Porwar also requested journalists and others concerned to act responsibly and avoid pointing fingers at any individual or group without proper verification.

Creating public confusions out of “political motives” was unwarranted, and could divert attention from the real culprits, he claimed.