Killings of 23 minority people, mentioned in the recent report of Bangladesh Hindu Buddha Christian Unity Council, was not found any connection with communal violence, chief adviser鈥檚 deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said on Monday at a press briefing at the foreign service academy in Dhaka.
Bangladesh Hindu Buddha Christian Unity Council at a press conference on Thursday claimed that 23 people were killed in communal violence in the last four and a half months after the July uprising.
The interim government took the claim of the council聽 very seriously and collected a list of the 23 persons, Azad said, adding that the chief adviser鈥檚 office sent the list to the respective police stations, asking for the real reasons behind each killing and what legal action it had taken.
He said that the police headquarters provided details about each incident saying that the police were informed of the preliminary reasons behind 22 killing incidents out of 23, while police had taken proper legal action in that regard.
However, Azad said that no detailed information was found in one incident.
The deputy press secretary said that not any single incident out of 22 was found any connection with communal violence.
He said that seven were related to theft and robbery, while four were related to personal and family disputes, three related to general crimes like rape, excessive drinking of alcohol and quarrel, two related to accidents, two related to business enmity, one related to clash, one related to land dispute, one committed suicide and the exact reason behind one death could not be known yet, but confirming it was not happened for any communal violence.
Azad said that legal actions had already been taken in each of these incidents with due importance.
In two incidents, where one committed suicide and one died due to drowning under water, police had already submitted final reports after investigation, he said.
Azad said that the other 21 cases were under investigation, while 47 people had already been arrested and 17 of these arrestees had confessed their responsibility and given confessional statements in court under Section 164.
He said that the interim government did not support any kind of violence and at the same time, it concerned over spreading propaganda for labelling such incidents as communal violence.
Chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam also spoke on the occasion.
