Staff Correspondent:
Dhaka, Sept-06,
Voicing deep concern
over the reported involvement of a student leader in arms smuggling, Jatiya
Party chairman GM Quader on Monday urged the government to launch a special
drive to recover illegal arms.
“A list of arms
smugglers and illegal arms dealers should be prepared immediately to ensure the
safety of people,” he said.
In a statement, GM
Quader said, “A special force should be engaged in conducting a drive to
recover illegal firearms and bringing those involved with arms smuggling under
the ambit of law.”
He warned that
Bangladesh will turn into a “savage state” if the government fails to stop the
smuggling of illegal firearms.
The Jatiya Party chief
also said the future of the nation will become disastrous and the law-and-order
situation will deteriorate alarmingly if the arms smuggling continues.
“So, the government
must take effective steps to prevent the shipment of illegal weapons alongside
recovering the illegal arms,” he observed.
Referring to media
reports, GM Quader said a student leader of Jashore has been arrested recently
on charges of arms smuggling from India and supplying them to different
districts.
“According to his
confessional statement to the intelligence agency, he alone has sold more than
two hundred firearms across the country in the last few years.
He also described how
he brought weapons to Bangladesh through the border of a neighbouring country
adopting a new strategy,” the Jatiya Party chairman said.
He said the arrested
student leader also informed the intelligence agency about how the
arms-smuggling syndicate has been supplying illegal arms to Bangladesh.
“Nothing can be more terrible news than this.”
The Jatiya Party
chairman said a photo of a model with sophisticated Uzi pistols made in Israel
went viral earlier. “This type of weapon is not even there in the hands of law
enforcers. So, panic has spread among guardians in the country.”
On Thursday, police
arrested five people, including a member of Bangladesh Chhatra League, from the
capital's Darussalam area over smuggling and illegally firearms selling.
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