Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday that the trial of the killing of a policeman during Saturday's anti-government rally by the BNP would be a fast-paced affair.
He said this while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the newly built registration complex in Malia of Gazipur city.
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"We believe in democracy. Politics is a part of democracy. No one is barred from talking about the welfare of the people. But, if violence is committed in the name of politics, we will ask the law enforcement agencies to take action,” the minister said.
Referring to Saturday's violence in Dhaka, the law minister strongly criticised the opposition saying that attacks on the house of the chief justice were nothing but an attack on the judiciary.
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Liberation War Affairs Minister Mozammel Haque, local MP from reserved seat Shamsun Nahar Bhuiyan, Law and Justice Division Secretary Md Golam Sarwar and Directorate of Registration Inspector General (Additional) Umme Kulsum, among others, were present at the event.
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