Inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has raised questions about the sanction imposed by the US authorities on him.
Speaking at a civic reception in New York on Thursday, the IGP said, “They (US) brought out the allegation that RAB was involved in the enforced disappearance of 600 people since 2009. Why was I included in the list (of sanctioned people) as I was deputed to the RAB in 2015? I was the first secretary of the Bangladesh mission in New York in 2009. The truth is none did publish the list of 600 people who were said to have disappeared.”
The IGP blamed those people for sanction against him who didn’t cast their votes for Bangabandhu’s boat (Awami League’s electoral symbol) in the election of 1970 and opposed the Liberation war in 1971.
“That vested quarter spent $25 million annually employing four lobbyist farms. Those farms worked relentlessly for three years to have the sanction imposed,” IGP Benazir said.
USA Awami League leader Hindal Qadir Bappa presided over the civic reception which was also attended by consul general of Bangladesh in New York Mohammad Monirul Islam.
The IGP, however, said that he did not want to blame the US administration or people for the sanctions but rather those who didn’t cast their votes for Bangabandhu’s boat (Awami League’s electoral symbol) in the election of 1970 and opposed the liberation war in 1971 are to blame.
“That vested quarter spent $25 million annually employing four lobbyist farms. Those farms worked relentlessly for three years to have the sanction imposed,” IGP Benazir said.
USA Awami League leader Hindal Qadir Bappa presided over the civic reception which was also attended by consul general of Bangladesh in New York Mohammad Monirul Islam.
The US imposed sanctions on six former and current officials of Bangladesh’s elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) including Benazir Ahmed for human rights abuse in December last year.
IGP is visiting the US to attend the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit at the UN.
The IGP said 22 people are spreading anti-state propaganda on social media.
These people have launched a war against the country and they are carrying out crimes against humanity, Benazir added.
