Sarjis Alam, general secretary of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation, has said no one will be spared if they betray the spirit of the mass uprising.
“Even Chief Adviser Dr. Yunus would not be exempted if he betrays the faith of the movement,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at a programme organised by the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation at Rajshahi district Shilpakala Academy on Saturday.
Sarjis, also one of the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, said they are not brokers or power-hungry people.
Regarding India, he said Bangladesh’s relationship with India will be determined by India’s actions.
If India seeks to maintain good relations, it must return fugitive Hasina and stop sheltering her, he said adding that the people of Bangladesh will bring her to book.
He claimed that instead of punishing the police officers who had opened fire during the recent movement, lobbying is on for their new postings.
He further alleged that leaders of various political parties and senior officials from the administration are becoming involved in ‘arrest-trade’.
He raised question about the exhumation of the bodies of the July-August martyrs, saying why they should be exhumed when the bodies of those involved in Sheikh Mujib’s killing were not.
He said that no further martyrs’ bodies would be allowed to be exhumed and those who won’t cooperate with the trial of the martyrs’ killings would be considered as ‘killers’.
Earlier, Sarjis Alam met the families of the July-August martyrs and handed over financial assistance to the families of the martyrs from Rajshahi division.
Out of the 63 martyr families in Rajshahi division, 46 received financial assistance from the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation, with each family receiving Tk 5 lakh.
