DHAKA, July 24, 2024 (BSS)-Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said that action will be taken according to merit of the cases, filed in connection with killing of police and Ansar personnel and arson attacks on KPIs and other important public establishments centering the quota reform movement.

“We will take necessary measures after receiving charge sheet of those cases,” he told the journalists at a function to give financial support to the family members of police and Ansar members, who were killed by BNP-Jamaat cadres, in the name of quota reform movement at his ministry conference room.

The minister said the anti-quota activists’ attack was planned wise, adding, “It is not possible to describe so clearly that when and where the cases will be filed because cases are being filed every hour.”

He said the BNP-Jamaat engaged in vandalism, arson attacks on KPIs specially BTV Bhaban, Disaster Management Bhaban, shetu bhaban, BRTA offices, metro rail stations, express way toll plazas and other important establishments and killed policemen and ansar with a motive centering the quota reform movement.

"We have seen cruelty in this movement. We have seen brutality, destruction, Shetu Bhaban, BTV building burnt. Hundreds of years of archives have been destroyed in BTV. An office of the Ministry of Relief has been burnt. The internet systems on top of that office have also been destroyed,” he added.

Mentioning Appellate Division verdict on quota, Kamal said only five percent freedom fighter’s son quota, which will not be effective because freedom fighters’ children age has already crossed 30 years.

He raised a question to the agitators that after all this why the movement? “The government accepted all their demands. Jamaat-BNP created unrest through violence and arson attacks with a motive,” he added.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rightly told that the judiciary is independent. During the 2018 agitation, the government abolished quota and after that a writ petition was filed in the High Court.

In view of that application, the High Court gave a direction to re-introduce the quota.

"The Prime Minister told the students that you go back. We will settle everything through the court. The students did not accept it and started the movement. We saw that the movement turned into violence. Our security forces, police, BGB and Ansar members have dealt with it with extreme patience,” he said.

Kamal said that our dream project metro rail and elevated expressway have been burnt. They were going to attack police station one after another and then the police fired for self-defence.

Kamal said law enforcement agencies have been identifying criminals one by one, adding, “Curfew was imposed to deal the current situation. We have successfully controlled militant up rise and terrorists activities. Everything will be under control within next 3-4 days.”