Govt failing to ensure security for people, tolerating impunity for rapists: Parwar

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar on Wednesday alleged that the BNP government is failing to protest people’s right to security by tolerating impunity for rapists and other sex offenders.

Many ruling party activists are engaging in rape themselves and committing other crimes like murder, terrorism, and extortion, he alleged at a major protest rally held at the South Gate of Baitul Mukarram mosque.

He further alleged that instead of accepting blame for the alarming security situation, the ruling BNP is resorting to the old practice of shifting blame on the opposition.

Rejecting claims that Jamaat, the country’s biggest opposition party, takes part in and incites mob attacks, Parwar said the Islamic party does not do mob politics or the politics of shifting blames. Rather, Jamaat works for establishing fairness and justice in the society, he said.

He also criticised the home minister for not visiting the house of eight-year-old Ramisha, the latest victim in a string of recent rape and murder incidents.

Jamaat’s Dhaka North unit Chief Mohammad Selim Uddin also faulted the Home Minister for not visiting Ramisha’s house, or extending condolences to the grieving family.

He himself visited the house earlier in the day, he claimed, adding the wails of the parents was unbearable.

Jamaat leader and Lawmaker Nurul Islam Bulbul called on the government of try rape and sexual assault cases under a speedy tribunal to ensure swift justice.