DHAKA: Banned Hizb-ut Tahrir (HuT) organization of Bangladesh, an arm of an international militant body, has threatened to oust the government if its 10 leaders and activists arrested Thursday were not released within 48 hours, ending tomorrow.
The threat issued at a meeting of the organization in the capital was apparently in violation of the state of emergency but no action was taken in this regard, the Daily Star newspaper said yesterday. Akramul Hossain, assistant commissioner of special branch of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, said: “We may seek necessary government approval for filing a sedition case against the arrested persons.”
The organization has been banned, but has been functioning normally for the last two years. HuT’s chief coordinator Mahiuddin Ahmed said: “The Hizb-ut Tahrir will stomp the city streets and no one will be able to live in peace on the soil of Bangladesh if our leaders are not released in 48 hours.”
Asked about the open threat against the government amid the state of emergency, Home Secretary Mohammed Abdul Karim told the Daily Star on Friday night that the law would take its own course. A report from Rajshahi in western Bangladesh said that law enforcement agencies were waiting for the government approval to file a sedition case against the HuT leaders and activists for plotting against the state.
