Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday the government will take a strict stance to prevent all kind of anarchy and secure people’s lives and properties
The minister came up with the warning while talking to reporters at the secretariat after a nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Hefajat-e-Islami amid sporadic incidents of clashes, vandalism, arson attacks and roads blockades at different parts of the country, reports UNB.
Kamal said some rowdy people and groups, spurred on by religious fanaticism, are destroying public properties in Chattogram, Brahmanbaria and other parts of the country.
“I’m requesting them to stop; otherwise, the government will take stern action,” he said.
The minister said that the government has noticed some vested groups using orphans and minors to advance their own agenda.
“In some places, small children and orphans were victimised. This is anarchism,” Kamal said.
“We’ve observed them patiently, now we’ll resist them and bring them to book. Their tactics (hartal supporters) show that militants who triggered instability in the past, have joined hands to create sabotage,” he said, adding that no one will be spared.
Responding to a question, the minister said that most of the students who study in madrasas come from poor background. “They’re being used and misled using the name of religion.”
