101 former secretaries, high-ups protest Bangabandhu’s sculpture damaging

Some 101 former secretaries and high officials of the government on Monday protested the disregard to and damage of the sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Strongly condemning the matter, they expressed their resentment over activities of fundamentalists centring installation of Bangabandhu’s sculpture across the country, a press release signed by AKM Shamim Chowdhury, former press secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said.

According to the statement, showing any disrespect to the Bangabandhu amounts to attacking sovereign Bangladesh.

“The fundamentalists are out to create confusion by unleashing false and provocative remarks,” the statement mentioned.

Talking the attack on the Father of the Nation’s sculpture at Kushtia to task, they termed it a seditious offence.

“They are collaborators of killers of 1975 carnage, fundamentalists and militants,” it said, adding they should be tried for such heinous crime.

They also called upon all to remain vigilant against such acts.

The former officials are: M Azizur Rahman, Kazi M Aminul Islam, Molla Wahiduzzaman, Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, M Abul Kalam Azad, Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, Nazibur Rahman, M Abdur Rab Hawlader, Nazrul Islam, Hedayet Ullah Al Mamun, Kamrunnesa Khanam, Kaniz Fatema, Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura and former ambassador Azizul Haque.

Besides, M Azizur Rahman, Kazi M Aminul Islam, Molla Wahiduzzaman, Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, M Abul Kalam Azad, Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, Nazibur Rahman, M Abdur Rab Hawlader, Nazrul Islam, Hedayet Ullah Al Mamun, Kamrunnesa Khanam, M Ziaul Islam, Khandakar M Asaduzzaman, Kazi Akhter Hossain, M Mahfuzur Rahman, Uzzal Bikash Dutta, M Azizur Rahman, Shafiq Alam Mehedi, Kaniz Fatema, Mizanur Rahman, Chowdhury M Babul Hasan, Monwar Islam, ALM Abdur Rahman, Syed Manzurul Islam, M Humayun Khalid, KH Masud Siddiqui, Mohammad Sadik, former ambassadors Azizul Haque and Golam Mohammad, Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura, M Shamsuddoha Khandker, M Anwar Hossain, M Mejbah Hossain, M Golam Hossain, M Shafiqur Rahman Patwary, M Shah Alam Khan, M Nasiruddin, M Enyaet Hossain, Kazi Akhter Uddin Ahmed, Aminul Islam, Arastu Khan, Shahin Khan, M Aslam Alam, Mejbaul Alam, Mahbub Ahmed, Shuvashish Basu, M Bashir Uddin Ahmed, Syed M Aminul Karim, MA Kader Sarkar, M Alauddin, Jainal Abedin Talukder, M Mansur Ali Sikder, Monoj Kumar Roy, Khandker Akhteruzzaman, Shahzadi Anjuman Ara, Shah Kamal, Ashok Madhab, Prasanta Kumar Roy, Khandker Shawkat Hossain, M Abu Taher, Dhiraj Malakar, Hemayet Uddin Talukder, M A Hannan, Golam Rabbani, Shyamal Kanti Ghosh, Yunusur Rahman, Khandker Iftekhar Haider, Dilruba, Shelina Afroza, Shirin Akhter, M Kaikobad, Nurunnabi Talukder, Iqbal Khan Chowdhury, Michael Shipper, M Abul Kalam Azad, Khorshed Alam Chowdhury, Moinuddin Abdullah, Bodruddozza Chowdhury, M Fakhrul Islam, M Abdul Hannan, M Nazrul Islam Khan, Shahjahan Ali Molla, M Golam Faruk, M Sirajul Islam, Shyam Sundar Sikder, M Rafiqul Islam, M Khorshed Alam, M Ansar Ali Khan, M Mosharraf Hossain, M Khizir Ahmed, M Shamsuzzaman, Mahmudur Rahman, M Akteruzzaman, M Moniruzzaman, M Moshiar Rahman, Akram Al Hossain, Kamal Uddin Talukder and Shamsur Rahman were signatories.